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THE MORNING RANT: General Motors Hires Another Senior Executive from a Money-Losing EV Startup
, Mr. Anderson was hired less than a year ago from Aurora Innovation, a tech start-up he co-founded that is pursuing the grail of self-driving semi-trucks. After losing $4 billion over the past four years at Aurora, and putting less than 10 test vehicles on Texas interstates, Mr. Anderson left Aurora and has quickly positioned himself to be General Motors’ next CEO. CNBC reported a few weeks ago that Mr. Anderson “has consolidated power to oversee ‘the end-to-end product lifecycle’ of GM vehicles, including manufacturing, engineering, battery, software and services product management, and engineering teams, according to GM.”
I noted in the Spectator piece that despite GM’s massive EV losses under Mary Barra, “the company is apparently casting its lot with a tech executive whose profit-and-loss experience is with cash burn rather than cash flow.”
And now, with Claudia Gast, GM is yet again staffing a high-level executive position with a person who has no experience in high-volume, mass-market products, nor does she bring from Lucid experience in running a profitable operation.
Lucid Motors sells a low-volume, specialty product, specifically luxury EVs. The starting price for a Lucid is about $80,000, with sales of about 15,000 units per year. By contrast, GM sells about 3 million vehicles per year.
Investors in Lucid stock have been taken to the cleaners. From its split-adjusted* IPO stock price of $150 per share in 2021, the stock peaked at over $550 per share in 2022, and has since fallen below $10 per share – a 98% decline. (*The IPO was at $15 per share, but due to the stock price subsequently crashing to near-zero, Lucid did a 1-for-10 reverse stock split last August.)
As for financial performance, Lucid has lost about $12 billion over the past four years, and it is running out of cash. At the end of 2024, Lucid had $4 billion in cash. Nine months later it was down to $2.3 billion, and it will likely be lower still when the full-year 2025 financial statements are released soon. Ms. Gast is wise to jump ship before the cash runs out.
There is nothing in the resumes of Mr. Anderson or Ms. Gast that indicates they have any experience steering a ship with a product line and customer base like General Motors. After the catastrophic run under Mary Barra, and the damage from the EV distraction, GM desperately needs to focus on being a profitable, mass-market manufacturer of traditional gas and diesel vehicles.
GM’s Board of Directors should have brought in (or promoted) industry veterans who understand what GM’s customers want to buy and what its dealers can sell. Instead, they’ve brought in executives who have experience managing cash burn and losses on low-volume, niche products. This negligent oversight by the Board is a dereliction of their fiduciary duty.
[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 11:02 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 20, 2026 11:03 AM (3Ofdo)
Aka: being fucking stupid. It is like everyone is just retarded these days.
I am starting to realize why my grandparents were cranky sometimes...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 20, 2026 11:03 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 20, 2026 11:03 AM (3Ofdo)
I would buy a used corvette.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 20, 2026 11:04 AM (3Ofdo)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2026 11:05 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 20, 2026 11:05 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: Cosmo Kramer, Denizen of the C-Suite at February 20, 2026 11:05 AM (ZJT0I)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 20, 2026 11:05 AM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Obvs. at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (hDrm1)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (3Ofdo)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 20, 2026 11:05 AM (MZ+PY)
Executive and democrat pockets.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
It's a shame to see how they have gone all-SUV, Buick anyway, and are deliberately pounding their heads against a stone wall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: PaleRider at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (vlkz/)
and no offense, but the last thing GM needs is another Ms.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
They need a hit!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (Cqx++)
Well, the industry veterans haven't exactly covered themselves in glory for the last 60-odd years. Could the new guys do worse?
Trump needs to say explicity; "There will be no more bailouts. Good luck!"
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
If Mary wants to burn shareholder money by the billions every year, who am I to stop her. If shareholders are retarded enough to keep investing, well again who am I to stop them.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 11:07 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 20, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew8)
I never considered a GM. I gave Ford and Chrysler multiple chances, and they screwed the pooch (and me) each time. They're out of second chances.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Susan Rice will bail them out.
*types* *deletes*
Spoils system. Score settling. Get even first.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM
Bingo.
GM lags the overall market by a significant margin, and the millions of Americans who own its stock are being penalized just so a bunch of virtue-signaling board members can feel good about themselves for doing something to save the planet!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Archimedes
I have only owned Japanese brands. And I've been quite happy with them.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)
Euro cars: fun to drive but unreliable
Big 3: boring AND unreliable
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Toyota is not supposed to be bad, plus they are supposed to be working at doing a far cheaper truck. I would not mind a truck if they did not cost as much as a house cost when I was 10.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)
Wow. Did they can any federal money/contracts?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026
***
Even if I wanted to spend the kind of ca$$$h they want for vehicles now, there are precious few I'd want. I have no need for an SUV and prefer sedans. If something happens to the current Buick and I can't find one of the last-gen LaCrosses or a good lightly-used Cadillac XTS, I'll have to go Toyota or maybe even Hyundai.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (wzUl9)
The slight problem with this cunning plan is that a lot of these cars are rentals, which have been returned to the rent-a-car companies, and unsuspecting tourists and businessmen who rent these cars find themselves forced to stop by mobs blocking their cars and interrogated.
This will doubtless have wonderful effects on the already wounded Minneapolis economy.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (n1OCj)
Jasmine Crockett says Democrats’ attacks on her are racially motivated:
“The thing that is not normal is for me to be attacked from the Left… I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer and I see when they’re sending out ads and they’re darkening my skin.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (FXNzP)
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"Not on our watch. They're Too Big To Fail!"
-- W and Obama bailing out “Government Motors" circa 2008-2009
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (5FL4d)
It must drive the company executives nuts trying to plan more than a couple years down the road.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)
Buick is profitable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 11:11 AM (n9ltV)
Trump needs to say explicity; "There will be no more bailouts. Good luck!"
Posted by: Archimedes
Overruled!
-SCOTUS
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2026 11:11 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at February 20, 2026 11:12 AM (y9skt)
GM has its own history of pissing money away so looking for people from a different background doing it is pretty on brand.
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2026 11:12 AM (NlEaG)
https://tinyurl.com/249ae978
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 20, 2026 11:12 AM (4NO2D)
“The thing that is not normal is for me to be attacked from the Left… I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer and I see when they’re sending out ads and they’re darkening my skin.”
Well? Are they?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)
Susan Rice offers a taste of what’s coming should the left retake power — promises Democrats will punish corporations and other institutions who have “taken a knee to Trump.”
“It’s not going to end well for them."
“If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to play by the old rules…they’ve got another thing coming."
“There will be an accountability agenda."
“This is not going to be an instance of forgive and forget."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:13 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)
Toyota has a far cheaper truck. The Hilux. It's just not legal in the US.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 11:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)
Buick is profitable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 11:11 AM (n9ltV)
SUVs sell. They always have. Sit higher. Functional.
You really notice how big all the cars have gotten when you drive a 2001 Miata SE as your daily driver for 13 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 11:13 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)
Buick is profitable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026
***
I've read that's because of sales to China. The Chinese love Buicks, even to having their own Park Avenue model.
I'll admit the big Buick SUV, the Enclave, is good-looking inside and out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:13 AM (wzUl9)
“The thing that is not normal is for me to be attacked from the Left… I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer and I see when they’re sending out ads and they’re darkening my skin.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM
Is she ashamed to fail the paper bag test?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 20, 2026 11:13 AM (4NO2D)
They don't care. They are happy to punish car rental businesses for renting to ICE. Just look at how they are punishing local hotels - they want to not renew their liquor licenses.
Antifa/ICE protest groups are a giant destructive force. They want a revolution. Revolutions don't really care about individuals or businesses who et caught in the crossfire.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 11:14 AM (tj6OY)
The SC tariff decision is going to make the screeching left somewhat happy. Didn't kill them all but the will be lost on the sherp
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2026 11:14 AM (/PQmQ)
But the interesting thing...government spending was down almost 1%. It dragged the overall number down from almost 2.3%.
Considering I think government spending should be negative rather than positive in GDP calculations, the numbers are pretty good. Not as good as everyone had hoped, but pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
https://tinyurl.com/249ae978
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 20, 2026 11:12 AM (4NO2D)
I like that they run with the: REPUBLICANS TO LOSE SEAT!!!!!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (FXNzP)
The only way I'd want to buy a newish pickup now if if DEF gets the boot and a non UWA company sells a heavy diesel pickup. People tell me todays gas engines have more power, so probably don't need a diesel for towing but I'd need to hear it from multiple people that had towed a lot with one.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (vlkz/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (XV/Pl)
“It’s not going to end well for them."
“If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to play by the old rules…they’ve got another thing coming."
“There will be an accountability agenda."
“This is not going to be an instance of forgive and forget."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
They're going to come after all of us once they get back in power. It's going to be bad. Very bad.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)
Had to replace my old Tundra a couple ago, after an accident. Bought a new Tacoma. It's a good truck, but I tell people it's half the truck for twice the price.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (TTUKx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (FXNzP)
Democrats want their slaves back!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Piper at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (Q9G/L)
Of course they are.
They only supported you when you could help stir up race drama, and now they will dump you when another approach is needed. In this case, they want to stir up religious drama.
Sucks, but that's how they roll, Jasmine.
Glad you've noticed. Now what?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (FXNzP)
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Crockett winning the primary with this message is going to just further enhance the incentive structure within the Democrat Party to run on racism.
Her losing by 10 points in the general won't matter.
No one will have thought she had a chance.
But going forward, it's going to be increasingly popular to accuse Democrats of racism in primary elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026
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I don't think it's weird. My Buicks have all delivered 70% of the Mercedes driving experience at 50% of the cost. I think it is a near-premium brands. (Yes, I'm biased; stipulated.)
Buick's marketing campaign of a few years back was enough to gag a maggot. "That's not a Buick!" "I don't see a Buick!" They didn't even advertise their sporty-ish Regal Turbo and the GS; nobody knew those good cars were available.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:17 AM (wzUl9)
‘ One has to wonder where $4 billion in losses came from, and where it all went. Somalia?’
I wouldn’t be surprised to find some of it actually had.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 20, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc)
There are hundreds and hundreds of rental cars in MN now that are essentially cursed, entered into directories of ICE vehicles, and if you have the misfortune of getting one, you could be watched with suspicion, followed, whistled at. That's what the rental agency gets for helping paramilitaries!
Common now as ICE draws down in MN: observers pursue some known ICE vehicle for miles, only to discover it had been returned to the rental agency and re-rented to some poor tourist.
We clear the vehicle, but we tell them: complain to the agency they're blacklisting their cars by renting to ICE
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But it also means the folks left over are the diehards, veritable combat veterans from the siege, who are, at this point, usually pros at this. People with incredible instincts for spotting ICE, who will do combat driving to keep up, who will walk up to a car full of agents and knock on the window.
Imagine being a tourist being "pursued for miles" by "veritable combat veterans" who are engaged in "combat driving".
State and local governments will do nothing about this, of course, since they are on Antifa's side.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 20, 2026 11:17 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:13 AM (bss/y)
Which from my perspective is wonderful. I like being comfortable on long driving trips, and big cars are simply more comfortable.
And...my big SUV gets better mileage than my first car, which was tiny in comparison!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 11:17 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (MZ+PY)
There is a guy who lives near here (I see the truck fairly often) who is still driving an S-10. It is just ridiculous to compare it to a modern truck, size wise. But it looks useful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Women recognize like 63,518 different colors. Could get out of control.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2026 11:17 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026
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Yes! We could use some reds, blues, and greens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:18 AM (wzUl9)
Old rules? You mean like when your guy O told the bankers he was the only one sanding between them and the pitchforks in order to get them to "take a knee" to him?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 11:18 AM (tj6OY)
I don't see any red flags so far, this all checks out.
Posted by: DEI at all cost! ...mostly yours at February 20, 2026 11:18 AM (IHM9O)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026
***
And some more interior colors besides black and gray, and occasionally tan.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 11:18 AM (wzUl9)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
A Goldsmith in his Shop
Petrus Christus This is sort of a repeat, because the first one I used had an incorrect title, and was also gaudy looking with oversaturated color. For this version I went to the source; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the Met's description:
A celebrated masterpiece of Northern Renaissance Art, this painting was signed and dated 1449 by Petrus Christus, the leading painter in Bruges (Flanders) after the death of Jan van Eyck. The panel attests to Netherlandish artists’ keen interest in pictorial illusionism and meticulous attention to detail, especially in the luminous jeweled, glass, and metallic objects, secular and ecclesiastic trade wares that are examples of the goldsmith's virtuosity. The main figure in this enigmatic painting was long identified as Saint Eligius (the patron saint of goldsmiths) due to the presence of a halo, which was recognized as a later addition and subsequently removed. The panel is likely a vocational painting, which portrays the profession of goldsmithing and perhaps a specific goldsmith. Technical analysis reveals the underdrawing of the goldsmith's face to be very carefully modeled—more so than the faces of the couple—indicating the possibility of a portrait. It has been suggested that he is Willem van Vleuten, a Bruges goldsmith who worked for Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy. In 1449, the date of this painting, the duke commissioned from van Vlueten a gift for Mary of Guelders on the occasion of her marriage to James II, King of Scots. That couple may well be depicted in this painting, portrayed buying a wedding ring that is being weighed on a scale. The girdle that extends over the ledge of the shop into the viewer’s space is a further allusion to matrimony. The convex mirror, which links the pictorial space to the street outside, reflects two young men with a falcon (a symbol of pride and greed) and establishes a moral comparison between the imperfect world of the viewer and the world of virtue and balance depicted here.
Often these descriptions are a mess of post-modern, woke nonsense. This one is good!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)ESPONJA!!!!111!!!
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 20, 2026 09:30 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 20, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 09:31 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: George Costanza at February 20, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:32 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 09:32 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 20, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Guy wearing black hat at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (jAw5X)
Huh.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: huerfano at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (98kQX)
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (EIcmO)
It is like the faces are done separately, remotely. Then when complete they are plopped down on a otherwise completed painting.
It is just a weird look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Doof at February 20, 2026 09:34 AM (tceez)
Posted by: Sol Moskovitz In The Diamond District at February 20, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 20, 2026 09:34 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (EIcmO)
We're all God's children in the dark.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 09:34 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: huerfano at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM
They're very tall, too! Just ask them.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 09:34 AM (kgE5c)
Didn't see the halo until you mentioned it. Must have been one of Barry's ancestors.
Posted by: Auspex at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (Kt19C)
Some woman looked at that headpiece and said, "I want to look like I've tied two beaver tails to the side of my head. That'll be hot."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)
But she is showing a little cleavage, so I'll give her a pass on the silly hat.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:36 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 20, 2026 09:36 AM (s32T4)
Posted by: Guy wearing black hat at February 20, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:36 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:36 AM (uEmCf)
BIT too early for coke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 09:37 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at February 20, 2026 09:37 AM (h/O4U)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 09:37 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: huerfano at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (98kQX)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 09:37 AM (jtM2q)
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Between two pillows
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (s32T4)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)
Don't accept those Disney lies. This is what real mouse ears look like.
https://youtu.be/8YvgUouPio0
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
On the lady's shoulder.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (ftFVW)
Princess Leia's ear covering hair style.
Would hang
Thx CBD have a great weekend
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2026 09:39 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:39 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: banana Dream - That was great! I want to jump something else! at February 20, 2026 09:39 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)
Good morning, DDS!
Mary was a "Van den Berg's Poffertjes" 5.
Posted by: Doof at February 20, 2026 09:39 AM (tceez)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (vFG9F)
Bow chicka wow wow.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 09:39 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 20, 2026 09:40 AM (5mQt6)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:40 AM (cGjQu)
We see three social parasites just begging for a re-education from the masses, nicely rendered though they are.
-- Today's Art Critics, Today!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 09:40 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 09:40 AM (jtM2q)
Uh, yes for a wedding ring.
And exactly 34 Gorlaps of material. Uh Sorry, uh yes that amount you are showing.
Where are we from? We are from France.
Posted by: The Coneheads visit a goldsmith at February 20, 2026 09:40 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 20, 2026 09:41 AM (DgMqy)
Pepsi then?
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:40 AM (cGjQu)
Moxie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)
"Do these veiled wings make my ears look big?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 09:41 AM (xG4kz)
Good morning Doof, good to see you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 09:42 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:42 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 20, 2026 09:43 AM (3uBP9)
I see that the goldsmith had a supplier for red coral, so he was no slouch at sourcing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 09:44 AM (xG4kz)
.
They're Dutch. Probably stick a finger in a dike...
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:44 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)
Saw a visiting Star Wars costume exhibit at the art museum. With each one, they included the sketches and photos of inspiration. It was surprising how much effort and research went into each one, not to mention the work on some of those beaded and feathered ones worn in the 2nd trilogy.
IIRC, Leia's ear covering was based on a Native American tribe's styling?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:45 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:45 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 09:45 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes"
Polishing rouge?
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:45 AM (vFG9F)
Haven't been downtown in a major city lately, huh?
Yeah, I'll take these people over a 300 lb woman in yoga pants any day.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I'm illiterate at February 20, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes"
Polishing rouge?"
A closer look reveals that one appears to be translucent.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:46 AM (vFG9F)
I would guess it's hidden by the guy in red's left shoulder?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:47 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:47 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: dantesed at February 20, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)
Were I that goldsmith, I'd give some serious thought to plying my trade dressed in something other than that richly red outfit. It would be far too easy to ruin it working at the jeweler's bench.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 09:47 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Guy wearing black hat
She's got a special position that she calls the Zuider Zee.
It's worth it, believe me.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:47 AM (cGjQu)
But then why in the form of a bar? Note that there is also some coral in there. That's clearly decorative.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 09:48 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: red speck at February 20, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 20, 2026 09:48 AM (XCUp7)
"Like, comment, subscribe "
We've been trying to contact you about your car's warranty...
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 09:49 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: dantesed
"Don't...forget...to...drink...your..."
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:49 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:50 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: red speck at February 20, 2026 09:50 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: dantesed at February 20, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)
"See you next Wednesday"
Posted by: John Landis at February 20, 2026 09:50 AM (tceez)
His left hand is on what appears to be the ornate pommel of a sword. Is he planning a smash and grab?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 09:50 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:50 AM (tj6OY)
Trust, but verify.
Posted by: No Name Today at February 20, 2026 09:50 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 20, 2026 09:51 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 09:51 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 09:51 AM (TJlGq)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Patton. One of my favorite movie themes.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)
The shelving is reserved primarily, it seems, for his finished works. Red rouge or any polish, or any other such processing material, likely would not be displayed there.
The clear appearing bar might be a quartz or selenite "wand". Dunno about the other one.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:52 AM (tj6OY)
I more amused by the notion of taking a young woman in skin tight pants with "juicy" on the back to this time period and asking their opinion...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Chick in the elaborate headgear at February 20, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
"...Spanish... Inquisition?"
What a rip-off.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:54 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 20, 2026 09:54 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
I think that's the brown band that over the left side of the table.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 20, 2026 09:54 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Chick in the elaborate headgear at February 20, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)
It's the top of the handle for his onion.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
"...Spanish... Inquisition?"
What a rip-off.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:54 AM (uEmCf)
Nobody expected that.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 20, 2026 09:55 AM (ZJT0I)
Think it's the thing that looks like a wide ribbon or scarf sitting on the table?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:55 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 20, 2026 09:55 AM (XvL8K)
I more amused by the notion of taking a young woman in skin tight pants with "juicy" on the back to this time period and asking their opinion...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm)
"Ahem!"
- - Leisure Suits circa 1973
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 09:55 AM (x0n13)
Can anyone make out the the inscription on the front of the table?
Posted by: dantesed
"Pay cash or get outta here"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 09:56 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 20, 2026 09:56 AM (S+j2h)
Posted by: banana Dream
Huh. I thought that was just the belt of her robe, but on closer inspection it does not appear to be connected to her clothes.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)
Prior to 2005 you could make the argument anyone associating with Epstein/Maxwell didn't know but by 2010?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 09:56 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sharkman at February 20, 2026 09:57 AM (Wz3H2)
Guy at the chair is saying some medieval version of Oh look, a squirrel, and the two standing are giving him the side eye and keeping their eyes on their jewelry.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 20, 2026 09:57 AM (Hx0tZ)
Yeah, or the people you see wearing obvious pajamas and slippers in public.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:57 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Sharkman
Stop carping about it.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Limerick lover at February 20, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 20, 2026 09:56 AM (S+j2h)
8 0 0 8 5
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:58 AM (uEmCf)
Bo Snerdley
@BoSnerdley
Wonder if she'll talk about the 50 new taxes she and her fellow Democrats want to soak Virginia taxpayers with.
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Mamdani wasn't available?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 09:59 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Lincolntf at February 20, 2026 09:59 AM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at February 20, 2026 09:59 AM (Wz3H2)
Posted by: Donny Brook at February 20, 2026 09:59 AM (Dc1Hd)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
The Deep State Rebuttal, brought to you by the CIA's Spanberger.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (tj6OY)
Bo Snerdley
@BoSnerdley
Wonder if she'll talk about the 50 new taxes she and her fellow Democrats want to soak Virginia taxpayers with.
Perhaps she can talk about Boeing HQ's departure from NoVa for the low tax environs of Missouri.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (Riz8t)
But remember our elites the kind that give and watch Ted Talks are better then you...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (20K3i)
Bo Snerdley
@BoSnerdley
Wonder if she'll talk about the 50 new taxes she and her fellow Democrats want to soak Virginia taxpayers with.
-
Mamdani wasn't available?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 09:59 AM (FXNzP)
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I figured it would be Tim Walz.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (20K3i)
Posted by: cmeat at February 20, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)
I reckon Walz will disappear entirely from public view, and nobody will miss him until someone says "say, whatever happened to Tim Walz?". By then, he'll be holding hands with Jimmy Hoffa.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)
The two women in the mirror were the infamous "Scolds of Bruges" so beloved in tales from that time.
Today they'd be honored as the "Two Karens of Bruges".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 10:02 AM (xG4kz)
The goldsmith named Jan VanderBarge
'Twas thought that he way overcharged
"Sure it's gold-plated!"
He defiantly stated.
"I admit it. I'm gilt-y...as charged!"
Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 20, 2026 10:02 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 10:02 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 20, 2026 10:02 AM (bNf8H)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 10:03 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)
While it's typical of the place and time, the people's eyes bother me. They seem sleepy with little spark. I have the same problem with Vermeer's faces. It seems an odd lack given the obvious talent displayed in the rest of the painting.
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)
-- Zombie Jimmy Hoffa
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
well, we can work around it
also might be a signal/sop that other more interesting decisions go the right way
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:03 AM (j+aD2)
Apparently, he and a buddy (name of David Stern), signed some sort of advisory deal with the now-bankrupt Chinese property developer Evergrande to work on data center deals in Britain. Telegraph says the deal may have been worth L20 million (pounds) to Stern and Andrew, who were mainly expected to contribute "influence".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:03 AM (oXDWE)
Here, want some tulip bulbs? They're gonna be big!
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 10:04 AM (rDBMx)
Posted by: Eromero at February 20, 2026 10:04 AM (S+zAX)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 20, 2026 10:04 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 10:04 AM (vFG9F)
You're right. It is strange, given that he clearly knows how to paint reflections, as shown in the glass.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)
Lady - hand and eyes in a direct line to smith's hand on the scales.
Her partner' s face is turned to the lady, but his side-eye is also focused on the hand and scale. One arm around the lady, the other hand gripping a the hilt of a weapon. That is a cold, wary face on him.
The goldsmith isn't looking directly at the lady. He's apparently looking out the window, likely at the lads. The smith is not happy.
This is painting shold be seen not only as a set-piece portrait of a day in a goldsmith's life. It is rife with intrigue within an allegorical context.
As in, what's the message presented with two rich young men standing in a city square with a falcon on the fist?
Everyone is focused on the scale except for the smith himself.
Posted by: mrp at February 20, 2026 10:04 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:05 AM (oXDWE)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (vFG9F)
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, please explain baby oil.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 20, 2026 10:05 AM (Hx0tZ)
What did she talk about?/i]
But that point she had her own grift - the TerraMar Project.
This was a more traditional grift, looking to launder money from the UN to save da Erf, or I guess da Ocean
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 10:05 AM (xG4kz)
Herr Vleuten llooks pissed.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 20, 2026 10:06 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:06 AM (FXNzP)
They are giving him the bird.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 10:06 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:07 AM (oXDWE)
Remember shooting Ashli Babbit in the neck while she was stuck in a doorway is good, shooting Good while she was driving to run down an officer is bad.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 10:07 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 "
I bet she flew there on a jet.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 10:07 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (vFG9F)
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, please explain baby oil.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Joe at February 20, 2026 10:08 AM (Uy/WF)
The Supreme Court says some tarriff, are, like, a tax, man.
Posted by: Auspex at February 20, 2026 10:08 AM (Y8DZL)
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Auditioning for President... sometime down the road.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 10:08 AM (jtM2q)
@thehill
U2 releases song ‘American Obituary’ honoring Renee Good
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:06 AM (FXNzP)
Unbelievably bad.. Some of the lyrics" Mother of 3 took a bullet for each one.... or something to that effect so St Renee
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:08 AM (VE6XX)
U2 releases song ‘American Obituary’ honoring Renee Good
Immigrant honors idiot woman harassing LEOs enforcing immigration.
Go home, Bono. We all know you fled your homeland to avoid the crazy taxes.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 10:08 AM (tj6OY)
judgment in No. 24–1287 is vacated, and the case is remanded with
instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; the judgment in No. 25–
250 is affirmed.
No. 24–1287, 784 F. Supp. 3d 209, vacated and remanded; No. 25–250,
149 F. 4th 1312, affirmed.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the Court with respect
to Parts I and II–A–1:
=======================
"It's a tax"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:08 AM (oXDWE)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (vFG9F)
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, please explain baby oil.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 20, 2026 10:05 AM (Hx0tZ)
Step back.
Posted by: Girl Scout Cookies at February 20, 2026 10:09 AM (ZJT0I)
Good morning Doof, good to see you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 09:42 AM
Ayuh. Mild, but dreary and with more snow on the way later.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 10:09 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Joe
I wonder if they did that with Carrie's own hair, or just used some kind of hair extensions. Probably the latter.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cocktails at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (TtdNq)
Yes... 6-3
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: GWB at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (02Em6)
Posted by: Bulg "
You mean those were not cinnamon rolls?
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Have you heard anything from the now-retired Mr. Poppins?
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)
⁹
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Spartacus says he hasn’t dismissed the idea of running for president again in ’28.
He dropped out of the 2020 Democrat primary while polling at 2%.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Toad-0 at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (ayTkb)
Brugean goldsmith was one of Alan Arkin's lesser known roles.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (TtdNq)
@thehill
U2 releases song ‘American Obituary’ honoring Renee Good
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:06 AM
Fuck that guy, in particular.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (kgE5c)
One of them looks Amish.
Posted by: But that's just me at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)
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Gorsuch, Barrett, Kagan, Sotomayor and the retard who doesn't know anything.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (Dv3i1)
I wasn't available to comment on yesterday's art thread. I did see it that afternoon. Thanks for including the painting by Caspar David Friedrich. I not only enjoy his work but it syncs with the Romantic era poets, among my favorites, and their appreciation of nature as a spiritual creation.
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM
I thought I saw him on the blog the other day. I've got to get him out to the range again when the weather warms up a bit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:38 AM (vFG9F)
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, please explain baby oil.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)
You're Lipschitz? My ass whistles.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (x0n13)
I'll be sure and not watch. Just another Socialist out to ruin the country. Virginia sits too close to DC.
Posted by: Case at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (cGjQu)
*and Sponge dropped the mic*
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 20, 2026 10:02 AM (ftFVW)
It's the only karaoke I do.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (20K3i)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (n9ltV)
It was "Performance Art".
Posted by: Operator Error at February 20, 2026 10:13 AM (nm8hu)
opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–A–1, and II–B, in which
SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, GORSUCH, BARRETT, and JACKSON, JJ., joined, and
an opinion with respect to Parts II–A–2 and III, in which GORSUCH and
BARRETT, JJ., joined. GORSUCH, J., and BARRETT, J., filed concurring
opinions. KAGAN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring
in the judgment, in which SOTOMAYOR and JACKSON, JJ., joined.
JACKSON, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the
judgment. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion. KAVANAUGH, J., filed
a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS and ALITO, JJ., joined.
=========================
So, basically 6-3 (though it gets a little twisty turny)
Roberts write for the majority, except Jackson (who just meandered through stuff) and Kavanaugh, Thomas and Alito dissented.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:13 AM (oXDWE)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Not so fast.
- Rand Paul
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 10:13 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:13 AM (TtdNq)
Trust, but verify.
Terrain's a little flat across the landscape there, anyway. lol
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 20, 2026 10:13 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: The Stentorian yet Mellifluous voice of Don LaFontaine at February 20, 2026 10:14 AM (ZJT0I)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:14 AM (VE6XX)
This. I kinda get it. There are procedures... but how to work within those boundaries...
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 10:14 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo"
It is politics though. These people are not on our side. (h/t Chris Plante)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 10:14 AM (vFG9F)
Who got his balls caught in a doorway . . .
I forgot the rest. Paging Muldoon!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
************
It's not my usual practice to fix other people';s limerick fails, but JJ has earned it.
D-I-Y Emasculation - a limerick
There once was a young man from Norway,
Who got his testicles caught in a doorway
He soon came unhinged
As he yelled, cried and whinged
Sneered his wife, "You just had to do it your way!"
Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2026 10:14 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Operator Error at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (nm8hu)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (n9ltV)
Hahaha! Congress stepping up to anything not resembling a pig trough?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (Hx0tZ)
He can reimpose with other laws, but not the one he used...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (yTvNw)
It wasn't Friedrich's best work, but I really like him, and I have used a dozen or so of his paintings!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (n9ltV)
⁹
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Spartacus says he hasn’t dismissed the idea of running for president again in ’28.
He dropped out of the 2020 Democrat primary while polling at 2%.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:11 AM (FXNzP)
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He had a boomlet about a year ago right after his talking filibuster (against what? i dunno) that took him into second place in like 2 polls.
Faded immediately.
Because polling outside of certain points in time is beset by response bias issues where progressives tend to answer the phone more than conservatives at very high levels.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (GBKbO)
@WesternLensman
Andy Beshear distances himself from Gavin Newsom and his tactics:
“If somebody is looking for a Democratic version of Trump, that's not me."
Aw Shucks Andy is going all-in on the Spanberger “Sensible, Moderate Democrat” campaign model.
The radical left turn then comes should his campaign fool enough voters to win.
Just like Spanberger.
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He's more the Democrat version of Barney Fife.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (ESVrU)
Nah. He has zero chance of ever becoming President.
CIA Spanberger is being positioned for either 2032 or 2036.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (uEmCf)
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If they were willing to do that it would have already been done negating the need for Trump to take action initially. It’s never going to happen.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:17 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 10:17 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Limerick lover at February 20, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 20, 2026 10:00 AM (ESVrU)
Nah. He has zero chance of ever becoming President.
CIA Spanberger is being positioned for either 2032 or 2036.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (uEmCf)
Or 2028, before she actually has to do something unpopular, which has sunk the MD Gov...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2026 10:17 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)
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Heh. Yes, can't wait.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:17 AM (oXDWE)
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I think it was against heterosexuality.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:18 AM (FXNzP)
U2 releases song ‘American Obituary’ honoring Renee Good
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good
Good boys! Now, go join Bruce Springsteen over there in the pile of "Forgotten, But Not Gone" musicians.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 10:18 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (TtdNq)
Yes... 6-3
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (VE6XX)
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The severely conservative SCOTUS.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 20, 2026 10:18 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:18 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
Nobody would run for National Office if they couldn't grandstand.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 10:18 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: cmeat at February 20, 2026 10:18 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good
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I wrote a song with the same title after the 2008 Presidential election.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 20, 2026 10:19 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:18 AM (VE6XX)
Companies want refunds...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2026 10:19 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 10:16 AM (uEmCf)
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She showed Democrats the way to win: get blonder, don't debate, smile and say very moderate things, and once elected, drop the hammer and (only then) go radical left.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:19 AM (oXDWE)
No word if it's related to Taylor Lorenz.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2026 10:20 AM (xo7Vw)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: I gotta ask at February 20, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)
He had a boomlet about a year ago right after his talking filibuster (against what? i dunno)
It was a nothing burger yackfest, staged simply for him to break the previous "longest speech delivered in the Senate" record.
An empty and substance free performance art piece delivered by an empty and substance free human.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: I gotta ask at February 20, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/
Yes in a way.. Says she is the mother of 3 kids and she took a bullet for each or some such dribble
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:22 AM (VE6XX)
Canadian tribunal fines man $750,000 for believing there are only two genders
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:22 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 10:19 AM (oXDWE)
Also, be positioned and controlled by the ruling eternal administrative state. They get what they want.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 20, 2026 10:22 AM (3uBP9)
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At least they didn't cowardly stick their heads up their asses and allow a Presidential election to be stolen -- disenfranchising likely 100 million actual legitimate voters -- in 2020.
Oh, wait ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 20, 2026 10:22 AM (5FL4d)
She showed Democrats the way to win: get blonder, don't debate, smile and say very moderate things, and once elected, drop the hammer and (only then) go radical left.
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Other than going blonde, this has been SOP for every Democrat for 50 years.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:22 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2026 10:23 AM (xo7Vw)
They allow him to do any tariff up to 50%.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:24 AM (GBKbO)
Oh, wait ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 20, 2026 10:22 AM (5FL4d)
Someone needs to leak the truth about Judas Roberts' illegal Irish kids, already.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 10:24 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:24 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2026 10:24 AM (xo7Vw)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (TtdNq)
They allow him to do any tariff up to 50%.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:24 AM (GBKbO
So not as dire as I thought ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (VE6XX)
Thanks goodness.
Posted by: Mistakes In Marketing at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Barrett shows once again she’s an AWFl who should never been picked.
I worry now about the rifle and magazine bans. No way with her reasoning Barrett is on the 2A side.
Worst. Pick. Ever.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (TmQh+)
Thanks goodness.
Posted by: Mistakes In Marketing at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Name leaves a lot to be desired
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:26 AM (VE6XX)
"Additional dutiesThe President when he finds that the public interest will be served shall by proclamation specify and declare new or additional duties as hereinafter provided upon articles wholly or in part the growth or product of, or imported in a vessel of, any foreign country whenever he shall find as a fact that such country"
The problem was the defense under the IEEPA. It should have worked, probably, but the president has several authorities to impose tariffs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)
They allow him to do any tariff up to 50%.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:24 AM (GBKbO
So not as dire as I thought ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (VE6XX)
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No, it's not. Most things aren't that dire.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)
So SCOTUS is in charge of foreign policy now? Wonderful.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
So SCOTUS is in charge of foreign policy now? Wonderful.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
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Anything over 50% will have to be redone. Anything under that will get refiled under Section 338 and just move along.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM (xo7Vw)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM (CNl8/)
NY AG Warns School Boards to Not Allow Public to Question Boys Playing Against Girls
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM (FXNzP)
No, it's not. Most things aren't that dire.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)
The media is portraying it as shutting down Trump's tariffs.. They are absolutely giddy...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (VE6XX)
Thanks goodness.
Posted by: Mistakes In Marketing at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)
I didn't know that.
Always thought the Buick Boomlet was nine months after the Roadmaster was introduced.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (VE6XX)
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Until he signs a paper that reimposes them all.
Then it'll be, "I thought he was beaten!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The Paolo has no need to mention the size of his, how you say, filly buster.
Posted by: The Paolo at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM
I haven't thought about Buick as a brand in ages.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Most people at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2026 10:30 AM (xo7Vw)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:30 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)
Our traitors, which is most of the government, will fight tooth and nail to give our enemies back the tariff moneys already raised first. They are already talking about it.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 20, 2026 10:30 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
We’re in charge of immigration policy so it makes sense.
Posted by: Lowly District Courts at February 20, 2026 10:30 AM (TtdNq)
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The tariffs were filling the treasury, helping onshore businesses and had no real effect on inflation, which was making America great again. Of course the media would be giddy, they hate America.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 10:30 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (Wnv9h)
I have an Enclave, and it's great.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:30 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Well, next time you talk to him, please give him my regards. Despite his doom and gloom, I always enjoyed interacting with him.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: mrp at February 20, 2026 10:32 AM (rj6Yv)
Regardless of the issue.
Regardless of truth.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 10:33 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Will Robinson at February 20, 2026 10:33 AM (2H3yT)
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2026 10:33 AM (IHM9O)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:12 AM (n9ltV)
They'll get right on that after the next Dem President slaps a 40,000% tariff on the US, paid to China.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:33 AM (ExV1e)
The ruling was a 6-3 decision, with Chief Justice Roberts writing the main opinion, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. He says that the law allows the president to "regulate importantation" in emergency situations, but that does not mean adding taxes.
Roberts claims that "those two words ['regulate importation'] cannot bear such weight" when used to justify tariffs with massive economic consequences. He invoked the major questions doctrine (MQD), requiring "clear congressional authorization" for actions of extraordinary economic and political significance. The opinion noted that the Constitution assigns taxing and commerce powers to Congress, and no president had ever used IEEPA for tariffs in its nearly 50-year history.
Ultimately, this means that companies can get refunds to the tune of up to $175 billion. In the future, presidents will likely have less control over major economic issues, giving Congress more control.
https://is.gd/Z2OkeY
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Amy Conehead Barrett, Collecting Of African Trophy Children at February 20, 2026 10:34 AM (hXJe5)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 20, 2026 10:34 AM (CNl8/)
Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2026 10:34 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:33 AM (ExV1e)
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Trump imposed a bunch of tariffs on China in his first term. There were tales of woe and impending doom from Democrats.
They remained in place until Biden's administration when...Biden's admin kept the tariffs and even expanded them.
Democrats don't reduce tariffs. They just bitch about them when Republicans do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:34 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 20, 2026 10:36 AM (VE6XX)
Two tyrannical black robed Supreme Court hacks in b l ack took it away.
Thanks Gorsuch and ACB for nothing
Posted by: torabora at February 20, 2026 10:36 AM (Opwcy)
Who?
And who *IS* Orange Julius?
https://y.yarn.co/3e87a2c0-e900-4bd8-a1c6-452125e2a0f0.mp4
https://tinyurl.com/LIBs-OrangeLotus
Orange Lotus: How the Trump Show Outwits Reality
Just watch what happens to the nu-media when they discover the Az/Kidnapping was transnational and their own complicity in its cause.
Can't wait?//Upcoming Clinton testimonies-talkingpoints//Incoming//Summarized: What Difference does it Make? It's your own fault! You're all gonna Die...
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 20, 2026 10:36 AM (YuPLX)
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Not so fast there, Bucko!
- Big John Roberts
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:37 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 10:37 AM (RHGPo)
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Oh, is that all? Pffft.
Posted by: Your Somalian Neighbor at February 20, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1)
Worst dictator ever!
Posted by: Ripley at February 20, 2026 10:38 AM (GUOwU)
>>They allow him to do any tariff up to 50%.
Perhaps, but I would assume that the collected tariffs to date would have to be returned as the levy was just ruled unconstitutional/not provided for in statute or law.
This... is going to be a mess.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026 10:38 AM (XV/Pl)
An odd thing about these style of paintings that has always struck me:
It is like the faces are done separately, remotely. Then when complete they are plopped down on a otherwise completed painting.
It is just a weird look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)
I seem to remember that in the great art machine businesses, like Rembrandt's in later years, the master artist would do the sketches and initial layout, and then the lower level painters would work on the portrait (usually a portrait) according to their specialties. Jan would work on indoor backgrounds, Geertgen did robes/clothing, Jaap did hands, and Koenraad did faces.
Portraits Henry Ford-style. Minor nobles and merchants could now afford to have portraits made, rather than just the wealthiest families.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2026 10:39 AM (kTyBw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGEWgzcxJ4
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 10:39 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 10:39 AM (RHGPo)
>>They allow him to do any tariff up to 50%.
Perhaps, but I would assume that the collected tariffs to date would have to be returned as the levy was just ruled unconstitutional/not provided for in statute or law.
This... is going to be a mess.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026 10:38 AM (XV/Pl)
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Probably.
The refunds thing surprised me, but okay.
Still, there's going to be efforts to get people to not ask for refunds. As in, "We negotiated down to 10%. You paid 10%. You don't want it to be 20% in the future, do you?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 20, 2026 10:40 AM (TmQh+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:40 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Enclave is being discontinued in favor of the new Buick Cul-De-Sac.
Posted by: Motor Weak at February 20, 2026 10:41 AM (oftw2)
https://is.gd/Z2OkeY
Posted by: Archimedes at February 20, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t)
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In the Age of AI, with electronic transfers, modern markets, ballistic missiles, and WMDs, we'll have to sit on our hands and wait for Congress and the Courts to make their august decisions. Roberts and the Majority own this. Matters like this are best left to the electorate.
If the Court wishes to control US foreign policy, then they should face elections, too.
Posted by: mrp at February 20, 2026 10:41 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Vengeance
"The great nation of Venezuela, which is west of the Equator..."
-- KBJ
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bullshit at February 20, 2026 10:42 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 10:42 AM (OAPjy)
>>Still, there's going to be efforts to get people to not ask for refunds. As in, "We negotiated down to 10%. You paid 10%. You don't want it to be 20% in the future, do you?"
Sure, Trump could play hardball again, but this ruling just makes everything acrimonious again and will flair up hostilities that have been bedded down.
A really unfortunate decision by SCOTUS.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026 10:42 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:40 AM (FXNzP)
Down h'yar in Texas, renters always vote for property tax increases to stick it to the man and then whine about their rents going up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:42 AM (ExV1e)
243 Kavanaugh, Alito and Thomas dissent.
Barrett shows once again she’s an AWFl who should never been picked.
I worry now about the rifle and magazine bans. No way with her reasoning Barrett is on the 2A side.
Worst. Pick. Ever.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (TmQh+)
*****
No, she's not.
Posted by: David Souter, Hack USSC at February 20, 2026 10:42 AM (Opwcy)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:10 AM (TtdNq)
Yes... 6-3
Wow. Here we go to the precipice. Sorry that you just lost so much power, SCOTUS.
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2026 10:43 AM (IHM9O)
... this crap should be prosecuted as if self-victim had been attacked by the self-attacker, and the self-attacker sent to jail.
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 10:43 AM (RHGPo)
Sure, Trump could play hardball again, but this ruling just makes everything acrimonious again and will flair up hostilities that have been bedded down.
A really unfortunate decision by SCOTUS.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026 10:42 AM (XV/Pl)
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It's going to be work that the admin has to do again, but Trump has a year of beating people into doing his whim in other countries. "Seriously, do you want to go through that again?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:43 AM (GBKbO)
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My GAF meter appears to be broken.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:43 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 20, 2026 10:44 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:44 AM (TtdNq)
I'm more interested in VRA ruling
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:45 AM (j+aD2)
243 Kavanaugh, Alito and Thomas dissent.
Barrett shows once again she’s an AWFl who should never been picked.
I worry now about the rifle and magazine bans. No way with her reasoning Barrett is on the 2A side.
Worst. Pick. Ever.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 20, 2026 10:25 AM (TmQh+)
****
I thought we were friends....
Posted by: KBJ, Idiot wing USSC at February 20, 2026 10:45 AM (Opwcy)
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My GAF meter appears to be broken.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:43 AM (FXNzP)
Hey, no murders in Seattle for the last 32 years. Gotta keep those detectives busy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:45 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 20, 2026 10:45 AM (CNl8/)
they are unable to think objectively
I think it's physical lol
there are outliers but we're probably autistic or something
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:45 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 10:46 AM (Dv3i1)
We would like to thank whomever did it. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Posted by: Eardrums Worldwide at February 20, 2026 10:46 AM (hXJe5)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:46 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 20, 2026 10:46 AM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Hall monitor at February 20, 2026 10:46 AM (TbWk/)
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My GAF meter appears to be broken.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:43 AM (FXNzP)
****
We do what we're told.
Posted by: Shotguns at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (Opwcy)
how did a Leftist governor happen in Kansas
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Braenyard
There's a funny picture online of Zero Mostel sitting next to an adult Shirley Temple at some awards program. Her gown shows the goods and Mostel is giving serious side-eye looking down her cleaverage.
Posted by: A Peek and a Poke... at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 10:46 AM (Dv3i1)
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I think the only tariffs over 50% are on China. And he could probably reimpose the higher rates by making them good by good tariffs rather than directed solely on the country of origin.
The rest get reimposed immediately under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (GBKbO)
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And the perverts! Don't forget the perverts!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (FXNzP)
they are unable to think objectively
Posted by: BlackOrchid
You've never met my wife.
I'm a flibbertigibbet compared to her.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)
WE DRESS THAT WAY FOR OURSELVES!!!
Posted by: Ubiquitous female lie #28 at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 10:46 AM (Dv3i1)
Probably. Remember at the beginning when we had dueling tariffs with China over 100%.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:48 AM (ExV1e)
how did a Leftist governor happen in Kansas
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (j+aD2)
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"Democrats are harmless when we have a super majority in the legislature."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:48 AM (GBKbO)
There is no way they’re getting off.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 20, 2026 10:48 AM (TmQh+)
I'm a flibbertigibbet compared to her.
oh I believe you. they do exist
just rare
and probably suppressed by current norms
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:48 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Yoga Pants at February 20, 2026 10:48 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Eardrums Worldwide
Why, you're quite welcome!
-- Courtney Love
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 20, 2026 10:49 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:49 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 20, 2026 10:49 AM (gQ15S)
No tariffs? Fine.
Here's your new import inspection system, China. All imported products must be inspected for consumer safety. All incoming shipping containers must be opened and inspected to combat drug smuggling and human trafficking.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2026 10:50 AM (kTyBw)
>>I think you can get your tariff refund but then pay for it another way. There is no way they’re getting off.
This ruling is going to generate a crapton of litigation, it also just reignites the tariff wars all over again for no good reason.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026 10:51 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 20, 2026 10:51 AM (gQ15S)
flatly untrue
manufacturing at least here in PA is rolling and that train will not stop due to this (not unexpected) ruling
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:51 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: A Peek and a Poke.
I just looked it up. He's not being subtle about it at all.
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)
Man was only fined and not enrolled in MAID.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2026 10:24 AM (xo7Vw)
Is he rich?
$750K ain't nothing.
He might decide to go with MAiD anyhow so he doesn't have to work for the Canadian government for the rest of his life.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 20, 2026 10:52 AM (6ydKt)
that's fine
if you want stability, you'll bring manufacturing back stateside
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:52 AM (j+aD2)
Good Lord, it would take me years to parse thru the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 USC Ch. 4). Help me grok this, Grok!
https://shorturl.at/WdCl8
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2026 10:52 AM (IHM9O)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 10:51 AM (j+aD2)
Is that rolling because of the tariffs though?
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:53 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2026 10:51 AM (XV/Pl)
On the one hand, I really want judges to issue opinions based on the actual law without regard to the consequences, or their preferences, or their feelings.
On the other hand, given that Thomas and Alito dissented, I'm betting that's not what happened here.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 20, 2026 10:53 AM (gQ15S)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs
This is my concern. I'll admit I don't understand all the options but, what does this ruling do to all the big dollar commitments to investment in USA which were based on lowering tariffs?
Posted by: old chick at February 20, 2026 10:53 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: cmeat at February 20, 2026 10:53 AM (R11M+)
I wonder if this ruling is as big as thought?
The markets are barely moving--either it's priced-in or no one thinks it is a "win"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 20, 2026 10:54 AM (HXT0k)
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It's in the emanations of the penumbras of the Ten Commandments.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:54 AM (FXNzP)
The rest get reimposed immediately under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:47 AM (GBKbO)
But they are going to fight to round up every tariff money made so far. To break trump and have passing around money.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 20, 2026 10:54 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: old chick at February 20, 2026 10:53 AM (F3Dlr)
I seem to recall Bessent saying that they weren't worried about the ruling because they had other tools in the bag.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)
Good Lord, it would take me years to parse thru the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 USC Ch. 4). Help me grok this, Grok!
https://shorturl.at/WdCl8
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2026 10:52 AM (IHM9O)
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I assume Trump's team went with the IEEPA as the authority because it was faster and easier to do tariffs of countries as a whole while giving him the authority to go sky high in terms of rates.
Given the SCOTUS ruling, that was obviously a long-term mistake, but it might not be. The short term gains from the threat of 1,000,000% tariffs in people's nightmares got them to the table.
Yes, the admin is in for a short term mess of having to deal with requests for refunds. I assume some will get paid out, but the tariff regime Trump started can just be replaced with a simple declaration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:55 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 20, 2026 10:54 AM (HXT0k)
Or the money guys are waiting to see what Trump does in response.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)
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Presidents get to define emergencies. The majority got it wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:56 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
"It's a tax!"
-- Moses
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
This is a hell of a win for companies. They increase the price by $100 pass that to consumers, then the govt gives them another $100 back as a refund. Nice little scam.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:56 AM (TtdNq)
But they are going to fight to round up every tariff money made so far. To break trump and have passing around money.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 20, 2026 10:54 AM (3uBP9)
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"Tell your companies to shut up, or we take the 10% negotiated tariff and make it 30%."
-it'll work on most of them
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:56 AM (GBKbO)
Hope everyone is doing well.
Thank you for the painting CBD. I like these kinds of paintings. Almost like a window into the past.
Unfortunate news from the Supremes today.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 20, 2026 10:57 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 10:57 AM (TtdNq)
Kurt Cobain’s Death Declared a Homicide by Seattle Police Captain Ordered to Investigate
Aren't ALL killings carried out by a human hand classified as homicides? Just that some are justified, some aren't.
I guess the end game is to dig up Kurt's corpse and put Zombie Cobain on trial.
"See, your honor! The defendant doesn't deny that he pulled the trigger!"
"Unnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnhhhhh"
"I think that what my client is TRYING to say is, "Nnnnnnnnhhhh unnnnnnn braaaaaiiins"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2026 10:57 AM (kTyBw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Don't comment on old threads!
Posted by: Bulg
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THIS is how it's done, folks.
Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2026 10:58 AM (qgHp7)
Although a quick run through Instagram and Tik-Tok reels might leave one doubting that.
Posted by: Ripley at February 20, 2026 10:58 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 20, 2026 10:57 AM (QGaXH)
Yup. These were real people!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:58 AM (n9ltV)
"See, your honor! The defendant doesn't deny that he pulled the trigger!"
"Unnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnhhhhh"
"I think that what my client is TRYING to say is, "Nnnnnnnnhhhh unnnnnnn braaaaaiiins"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2026 10:57 AM (kTyBw)
https://youtu.be/SVMOWNRE1HQ
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 10:59 AM (ExV1e)
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Not so fast there, Bucko, Part Deux.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 10:59 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: torabora at February 20, 2026 11:00 AM (Opwcy)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Even if it's putting on a good face I appreciate cooler heads and competent people like Bessent have been anticipating this day and not reacting as if it comes as a complete surprise.
Posted by: old chick at February 20, 2026 11:00 AM (F3Dlr)
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I was admonished for being part of the patriarchy, a patriarchy that forces women to wear high heels. The hell we don't, we don't care one way or another ladies.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2026 11:00 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Guy Who Skims Headlines Quickly at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (Cqx++)
Probably a good plan as her career did nothing but nosedive since the mid-90s.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 20, 2026 11:03 AM (6ydKt)
dig up Kurt's corpse
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Smells Like Zombie Spirit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:01 AM (FXNzP)
Which will probably smell better than Kurt did before he ate the shotgun.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2026 11:04 AM (kTyBw)
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The plutocrats just don't care about Nirvana.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 20, 2026 11:04 AM (FXNzP)
Presidents get to define emergencies. The majority got it wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 10:56 AM (GBKbO)
****
Tee Hee
Racking up my wins.
Posted by: KBJ at February 20, 2026 11:04 AM (Opwcy)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 20, 2026 10:57 AM (QGaXH)
Yup. These were real people!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2026 10:58 AM (n9ltV)
But try as I might - I can't locate the d*** halo - it's supposed to be over the seated figure in red - correct?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 20, 2026 11:05 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: fd
There was a job called "whitesmith," you know.
I don't know about calling "Pressure" an unknown story.
Group Captain Stagg was King of The Weathermen for the rest of his life. CB, OBE, Royal Academy, Met chief. All the honours.
In that business, you can get it right just once...
Always a thrill to hear Ike say, "OK, let's go," though.
I never met Julius Caesar or Napoleon. Just read about them.
I did meet Ike once.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 20, 2026 11:08 AM (zdLoL)
michelangelo:
artist +
lived to 88 +
painted a ceiling +
kurt cobain:
artist +
lived to 88 X
painted a ceiling +
Posted by: cmeat at February 20, 2026 11:10 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Case at February 20, 2026 11:14 AM (j6kTf)
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I know they have bigger things in mind for her, but has any SOTU response-giver gone on to higher office?
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 20, 2026 11:15 AM (0bjKf)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2026 10:28 AM (Wnv9h)
Obama Motors killed the Pontiac and Oldsmobile brands, but kept Buick because Buick sold well in Chy-nah.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 20, 2026 11:16 AM (8zz6B)
No tariffs? Fine.
Here's your new import inspection system, China. All imported products must be inspected for consumer safety. All incoming shipping containers must be opened and inspected to combat drug smuggling and human trafficking.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Do they have containers made for justices?
Can justices fly with stones tied on their nethers?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 11:18 AM (OAPjy)
The Morning Report — 2/20/26
Good morning kids. Once again we've got trouble at home and trouble abroad (hmm, sounds like the opening of a Grateful Dead ditty) Let's start off overseas with things heating up in and around Iran. The internal unrest inside that nation that we had all thought or hoped would at long last see the toppling of the Muallahocracy appears, at least from what I can tell, to have significantly quieted down. Of course the IRGC and other security forces have arrested and/or executed hundreds if not thousands of protesters at this point and hence the quieting down. That said, as the unrest was building, President Trump ordered a carrier battle group to take up station in the Mediterranean within striking range of Iran and now that it is in position, the saber rattling is reaching a fever pitch.
President Donald J. Trump warned that the U.S. could strike Iran if a nuclear deal is not reached within the next ten days. . . President Trump, world leaders attending the Board of Peace meeting, and Iranian officials involved in nuclear negotiations.. . February 19, 2026, during the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington, DC.. . : “We may have to take it a step further, or we may not. Maybe we’re going to make a deal. You’re going to be finding out over the next probably ten days.” — President Donald Trump . . The U.S. military has mobilized assets in the Middle East, as nuclear negotiations with Iran remain ongoing.
I seriously do not understand what the hell this is all about. First, I thought we along with the Israelis took out Iran's nuclear capabilities with the bombing campaign a few months ago? And what's to negotiate? Why is allowing their heinous, evil government to remain in power an acceptable outcome for a promise that is not worth the paper it's written on?!
And this whole Board of Peace nonsense is a complete waste of time given the nature of Islam, despite the supposed phony moderation of some of the players involved. Islam has been on the march for close to a millennium and a half and it will not stop until it conquers the entire world, even if it means bringing about Armageddon to obtain that goal. And Armageddon is a central pillar of Shiite Twelverism (look it up) which is at the heart of the Iranian regime.
Until Islam reforms itself or is eradicated from the face of the Earth for all time, there will be no peace in the region and indeed the rest of the world where it is allowed to flourish.
So, dealing with the Mullahs is one thing, but back here at home, President Trump needs to park a carrier battle group up the sigmoid of the Judiciary:
On Thursday, a federal judge in California overturned a previous immigration court ruling that supported the Trump administration’s illegal immigrant detention policies. U.S. District Court Judge Sunshine Sykes, a Joe Biden appointee, criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for their characterization of detainees as the “worst of the worst.”“‘Worst of the worst’ is an inaccurate description of most of those affected by DHS and ICE’s operations,” Judge Sykes ruled. She argued that the administration’s language was designed to justify the scale of its actions against illegal immigrants.“Even though these press releases might contain an inkling of truth, they ignore a greater, more dire reality,” she claimed, adding: “Beyond its terror against noncitizens, the executive branch has extended its violence on its own citizens, killing two American citizens—Renée Good and Alex Pretti—in Minnesota,” Sykes wrote in her decision, adding, “The threats posed by the executive branch cannot be viewed in isolation.”The ruling, if upheld, could block mass deportations and ensure bond hearings for many non-convicted illegal immigrant detainees. Previously, DHS had denied bond hearings to migrants arrested by federal immigration authorities, even if they had been in the United States for years. Those who recently illegally crossed the border were also not guaranteed immediate bond hearings under the policy.
And yet, per Tom Homan:
” White House border czar Tom Homan said that there will be “mass deportation. . . “I will do whatever I can, because the president has made a promise to the American people, there will be mass deportation, but it’s going to prioritize public safety threats first. And that’s just the way we should be doing it. Targeted enforcement operations are a way to go. And for the people are going nuts is if you’re walking away from mass deportation. Look at the numbers. We already got record numbers to deportation but arresting the public safety threat first makes sense because you’re the biggest danger to the community. Prioritize public safety threats and national security threats doesn’t mean to forget about everybody else. I’ve said it from day one, if you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table. We’re looking for you, and we’ll remove you when we find you.”
So Mr. Border Czar, how does your declaration square with what Biden's hack in black has said and done.
Lots of other links to peruse and ponder, especially regarding socialism, it's embrace by more and more Americans, especially youth and what can be done to smack people upside the head before the bodies pile up in mass graves or freeze to death in the NYC cold or starve to death due to the raging success of Free Grocery Stores!!!!
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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
How Apple News and other tech giants change the narrative for Democrats
Teaching the Truth About Socialism in America’s Public Schools (See also the related story in the Culture Wars section - jjs)
New York’s First Free Grocery Store Opens
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- The Democrat congresswoman further revealed, “There is a lot of conversation about what the dismantlement of the Department of Homeland Security should look like.”
Watch: Ilhan Omar Says Democrats Don’t Just Want to Abolish ICE, They Plan to Dismantle DHS
- Terrorists for dismantling counterterrorism.
Rep-tilian. Bro-FO Omar Calls for Dismantling Department of Homeland Security - Across the country, students have walked out of school to protest ICE, especially since Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers were involved in the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good in January. Principal Daniel Weber addressed the students in a video posted on TikTok by a user known as othersideofanalia. (RELATED: ‘If I Had A Gun, I’d Pew-Pew Your Motherf*cking A*S!’: Students Assault, Threaten Journalists At Anti-ICE Walkout)
Watch Principal Lay Down The Law To Students On Anti-ICE Walkout "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - The ruling could block mass deportations and guarantee bond hearings for many non-criminal illegal immigrant detainees, though the Department of Justice (DOJ) is likely to appeal. (hat is this "non-criminal" bullshit? There mere presence on our soil is a criminal act! - jjs)
Biden Judge BLOCKS Mass Deportation Powers. - “I will do whatever I can, because the president has made a promise to the American people, there will be mass deportation, but it’s going to prioritize public safety threats first. And that’s just the way we should be doing it. Targeted enforcement operations are a way to go. And for the people are going nuts is if you’re walking away from mass deportation. Look at the numbers. We already got record numbers to deportation but arresting the public safety threat first makes sense because you’re the biggest danger to the community. Prioritize public safety threats and national security threats doesn’t mean to forget about everybody else. I’ve said it from day one, if you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table. We’re looking for you, and we’ll remove you when we find you.”
Tom Homan: ‘There Will Be Mass Deportation’ - "When asked if he was remorseful, Hernandez Gonzalez stated he felt nothing."
Biden Shielded Him From Deportation. He Was Just Arrested For Trying To Drown A Woman.
- The deportation flight signals a potential shift in immigration cooperation between the United States and Cuba.
ICE Has Resumed Deportations to Cuba.
- They created a seismic mess and voters opted to have it cleaned up. There’s no easy way to do it. There’s nothing that can “traditionally” be done. There’s no “moderate” option. Either the people in the country leave voluntarily, or they’re removed by force.
There Is No ‘Moderate’ Solution To The Extreme Immigration Problem Democrats Created DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - “There is currently no impact to drinking water."
Radical Left ‘Environmental Hazard’? Trump’s Potomac Sewage Dare To Dems
- The Transportation Department still has 97 schools under investigation.
Duffy Orders Over 550 Commercial Drivers Licensing Schools to Close Over Safety Failures
- Somehow, they didn't foresee this happening when the billionaires fled the fleecing.
Public employee unions that endorsed Mamdani watch as he raids their pension funds - The project has sparked Democrat lawfare challenging its compliance with historic preservation laws.
Fine Arts Commission Approves Trump’s White House Ballroom. WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - There’s a difference between immigrants, who come seeking a better life and want to assimilate, and conquerors.
Muslims behaving badly
- Mohammed was the original feminist.
Moderate Taliban Urge Beating Women Without Breaking Bones
- “Disassociation” as deception.
Muslim Federation’s CAIR Lie and a City That Looked the Other Way
- Standing up to Sharia.
Is Texas Winning the War Against Islamization?
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - As admitted by Toobin, Democrat-appointed judges have become a critical feature of the left’s evolving lawfare against Trump and his voters.
NYT Accidentally Confesses There’s A Left-Wing Judicial Coup Against Trump - Washington promised reform, yet one year into President Trump’s second term, Executive Orders abound while arrests, prosecutions, and structural change remain conspicuously absent.
A Year Into Trump’s Second Term: When Does Accountability for the Deep State Begin? THE ECONOMY, STUPID - The dramatic nine-month improvement suggests Trump’s tariff strategy is achieving its core objective of reducing America’s trade imbalance. March represented the peak of the deficit as importers rushed to bring in goods ahead of announced tariff increases, creating what economists call “front-loading.” The subsequent decline reflects both reduced import volumes and increased export competitiveness.
U.S. Trade Deficit Nearly Cut in Half Since Liberation Day
- The current state of de-dollarization resembles a long-term structural drift rather than a financial rupture; danger is not imminent, and the dollar remains at the center of global payments, funding, and trade.
Structural Shifts in a Still-Dollarized World
- Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are one of the most significant proposed shifts in modern currency. But...
Trading Cash for a Government Digital Leash CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - A thief allegedly stole the Oakland, California, mayor’s SUV after breaking into her City Hall office on Feb. 16.
Oakland Mayor’s SUV Allegedly Loses Car In Brazen Robbery FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - The master anti-Israel manipulator pulls a cheap stunt.
Crybully Tucker Carlson Claims Detained At Ben Gurion Airport – US Embassy and Israelis Deny
- The guide also bans the word 'Islamist' and stipulates that Taiwan 'is not a country'
Inside Al Jazeera’s Style Guide, Which Forbids Reporters From Calling ISIS a ‘Terrorist’ Organization
- CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe learned a new concept Wednesday: facts. . .
Ed O’Keefe’s Trump Derangement Is So Bad, Even The White House Press Corps Is Laughing At Him* * * * * - The biggest threat isn’t AI, but genuine intelligence (GI) hosted by new technology.
AI Is Artificial Instinct (Not Intelligence) RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - The EPA’s retreat from regulating CO₂ as a pollutant reframes climate orthodoxy, arguing that carbon dioxide underpins modern prosperity as much as it complicates environmental debates.
Waiting to Exhale?
- Repealing the EPA’s biofuel boondoggle ought to be a no-brainer—but can reformers overcome the “liquid pork” regime?
A Simple Policy to Reduce Food Prices
- Green activists may be appalled by the Trump administration’s placement of economic growth, national security, and energy affordability ahead of fighting climate change -- but they don't have the final word.
President Trump Not an Outlier on Climate
- Green ideology is anti-Western at its core.
The Trump Administration Takes on the Green Political Religion EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Not all Asians are narrow-minded grinders, nor are all non-Asians free-spirited risk-takers.
What The ‘Asian Grind Culture’ Panic Gets Wrong About American Education
- Margaret Peters, the associate director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, accused the CBS editor in chief of weaponizing free speech against liberals (Burkle = Obama+Urkle? - jjs)
UCLA Professor Threatens To Resign Leadership Role if Bari Weiss Gives Journalism Lecture THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH - The talking filibuster is worth trying. It is worth a public accounting of whether this Senate, in this moment, for this American people, can deliver on its duties.
Bringing Back The Talking Filibuster Could Do More To Save America Than Just Passing The SAVE Act L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN - Andrew allegedly gave Epstein confidential reports when the former prince served as a UK trade envoy between 2001 and 2011.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested Over Epstein Scandal
- Plaskett visited Epstein at Southern Trust Company office, two miles away from sex offender’s private island
Dem Rep. Stacey Plaskett Visited Epstein at Office He Used To Scam Virgin Islands Government out of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars, Records Show DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - This “Republican” vows to fight for mass amnesty.
Attention California: Don’t vote for Chad Bianco
- Cherfilus-McCormick, an embattled lawmaker first elected to the House in a January 2022 special election, is facing up to 53 years in prison for allegedly stealing $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) overpayments among other charges. A recent House ethics subcommittee report found that a “substantial amount” of the funds were laundered in support of her special election campaign and subsequent November 2022 reelection bid.
Democrats Stay Mum On Keeping Indicted Lawmaker’s Campaign Cash
- Omar’s sudden, inexplicable rise in wealth.
Bro-Fo Omar’s Under Investigation (incestuous relationships, literal and figurative! - jjs)
- A powerful and wealthy politician is desperately trying to hide behind victimhood.
Newsom Lied About Dyslexia, Used it to Get a Pass in College POLITICS - Trump’s disapproval rating sits at 46 percent.
One of 2024’s Most Accurate Pollsters Puts Trump at 50 Percent Approval
- A Virginia judge has just blocked an April referendum on the Democrats’ egregious gerrymandered map for the state.
Judge Halts Virginia Gerrymandering
- Wilson, a self-described socialist, has been widely compared to socialist Democrat New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. She received poor reviews on her address, which began with technical difficulties and touched on city issues, including crime, homelessness and affordability, according to The Center Square. (RELATED: Seattle Mayor Proudly Admits She Is Not Seeking Probe Into Somali Scammers)
Seattle’s New Democrat Socialist Mayor Bombs Major Address
- Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX), who is seeking to unseat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the Republican primary, is launching a new satirical ad highlighting Cornyn’s record of partnering with Democrats on gun control and immigration legislation — arguing that if the senator “votes like a Democrat” and “acts like a Democrat,” then “he must be a Democrat.”
Exclusive: Wesley Hunt Unveils ‘Don’t Vote Democrat’ Ad Blasting Cornyn’s Gun Control, Amnesty Record IRAN ON the BRINK?! - The U.S. military has mobilized assets in the Middle East, as nuclear negotiations with Iran remain ongoing.
Trump Gives Iran 10-Day Ultimatum to Reach Nuclear Deal.
- Iranian spokesman Capt. Hassan Maqsoudlou said the Iranian units participating in the joint exercises included “special operations units” from the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy and the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated terrorist organization.
Iran Holds Joint Naval Drills with Russia, Fearing U.S. Strikes Imminent
- Profile of a madman. (Meh, typical Islamic male - jjs)
Khameini the Psychopath ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS - Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said the pope "will not participate in the Board of Peace due to its particular nature, which is clearly not that of other states.”
Vatican rejects 'Board of Peace' invite from Trump, appeals to United Nations to handle matter FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - All in all, it represents one of the most remarkable under-the-radar diplomatic achievements in recent history. When President Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace plan reached a dead end, he turned around, cut a deal with India, and strangled the Russian economy overnight. Along with the economy of Russia’s petro-partner, Iran, which is trapped in gunboat diplomacy. (Venezuela, of course, was already dealt with.) And now China — ludicrously heralded by the BBC as a “Green Superpower”(!) despite Chinese greenhouse emissions exceeding all developed nations combined — will now eat the higher cost, too. All of America’s strategic rivals were caught flatfooted.
Trump Defeats Russia, Wins War for Ukraine: The Shocking Story Behind the Diplomatic Coup of the Century
- The meeting was a momentous occasion that, as Marco Rubio said at the event, "the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has both an ability and a willingness to use the power of his office to think outside the box." He's right, and Trump is having fun doing it.
Firing Rubio? Trump's Got Jokes, and He's Having a Darn Good Time.
- The investigation was one of several criminal procedures against the former president launched following his loss in the 2022 presidential election to socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence after being convicted on spurious charges of attempting to stage a coup following Lula’s election, linking Bolsonaro to a riot that occurred in Brasilia in January 2023 when the ex-president was in the United States.
Jair Bolsonaro Gets Court Win: Pandemic-Era ‘Genocide’ Charges Shelved
- The British government is reconsidering the transfer, which would have seen Britain cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while paying large sums of money to continue leasing Diego Garcia, which hosts the military base.
UK Pauses Diego Garcia Deal After Trump Intervention, But Blocks U.S. From Using Base Against Iran.
- Fred Fleitz: Trump reduced the North Korean threat through pressure and diplomacy. Biden’s passivity reversed those gains, deepened hostile alliances, and left a more volatile nuclear standoff.
Solving the North Korea Mess That Biden Left Trump
- Under the agreement, Southeast Asia’s largest economy will eliminate tariffs for 99% of American goods while the U.S. will maintain tariffs on most Indonesian goods at 19%, the White House said. That is the same rate the U.S. has set for Cambodia and Malaysia. Indonesia also agreed to address non-tariff barriers to U.S. goods and to remove restrictions on exports to the U.S. for critical minerals and other industrial commodities, the White House said.
Indonesia’s president reaches a trade deal with US while in Washington for Trump’s Board of Peace
- Merz’s short meeting with Newsom, staged for the press, suggests that Berlin sees a high probability of Newsom becoming the Democrat presidential candidate in 2028.
Newsom and Merz in Wonderland HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - Former head Jim O’Neill has been tapped to lead the National Science Foundation.
Trump Names NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as Acting CDC Director
- Vinay Prasad, the head of the FDA’s vaccine and biologics division, initially refused to review the vaccine because of an inadequate clinical trial.
- The executive order invokes the Defense Production Act to safeguard the domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides, according to a White House fact sheet. Trump wrote in the order that “ensuring an adequate supply of” both is “crucial to the national security and defense” of the U.S., “including food-supply security, which is essential to protecting the health and safety of Americans.”
Trump Ignites Political Firestorm With Executive Order Backing Notorious Pesticide ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - This is a cool discovery, because it tells us there is much out there hidden in the darkness we will always find difficult if not impossible to detect.
The dimmest galaxy yet found
- I pulled these images from the New Horizons’ archive specifically because I don’t remember ever seeing them publicly released by the science team. More important, they show a surface far more alien than other more well-known New Horizon pictures.
Pluto’s splotched surface FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - People who gravitate toward gender ideology are already struggling psychologically. They are offered the false promise that affirmation, hormones, and surgery will heal their distress.
Trans Ideology KILLS—we have to stop pretending it doesn’t - "Women and girl’s private spaces will be protected from biological men."
Battle Over Women’s Bathrooms Delivers A Biological Reality Check
- Publicizing the harm of transgender surgery will vilify the procedures and further isolate them.
Another ‘Detransitioner’ Is Suing Her Pro-Trans Therapist For Malpractice
- The EU Parliament has done great harm. This is far more than progressive virtue signaling. We hear warnings of transhumanism.
EU Parliament Says Men Are Women And Anyone Can Get Pregnant
- A new poll confirms growing public skepticism of these practices—even “when deemed medically necessary.”
Is Gender Medicine Diminishing Trust in Doctors?
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - After all, capitalism is based on competition, risk-taking, and ultimately, rewards to those who produce the most value for others. It produces winners—and losers. Socialism, on the other hand, gives partisan and flawed government officials vast authority over economic decision-making, minimizes head-to-head competition, and eliminates real winners and actual losers (or “disparity in outcomes,” to use one of today’s preferred euphemisms). For the fearful, fragile, and timid—those who seek security, rather than progress—socialism (in theory) provides a ready tonic to all of our anxieties.
Gen Z’s Embrace Of Socialism Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone (See also the related story Above the Fold - jjs)
- Christian Toto: Aging rockers ignore facts for very good reason, and it's not about justice
Here’s Why U2, Springsteen Joined Anti-ICE ‘Resistance’
- Once his lie was exposed, he looked like a fool.
Colbert Cries Censorship, But The Joke’s On Him - But the move, first reported by the LA Times, allegedly had nothing to do with the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act. . . “Steven’s move to the East Coast is both long-planned and driven purely by his and Kate Capshaw’s desire to be closer to their New York-based children and grandchildren,” spokeswoman Terry Press said.
Legendary director Steven Spielberg is latest billionaire to flee California in another blow to state HITHER & YON - Earlier Thursday, Trump chastised former President Barack Obama for saying aliens are “real” in a recent interview. “He gave classified information, he’s not supposed to be doing that,” the president told reporters on Air Force One. “I don’t know if they’re real or not, but I can tell you he gave classified information.”
Trump to release government UFO and ‘extraterrestrial life’ files: ‘Extremely interesting and important’
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Good morning all...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 07:33 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Larry Storch at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (zojZo)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
F'em. Deport deport deport. What's the judge going to do?
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:39 AM (vFG9F)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 20, 2026 07:40 AM (tljrc)
The guide also bans the word 'Islamist' and stipulates that Taiwan 'is not a country'
Inside Al Jazeera’s Style Guide, Which Forbids Reporters From Calling ISIS a ‘Terrorist’ Organization.
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Al Jazeera is the official voice of Qatar
Also Taiwan is a country and China is asshoe!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 07:41 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 20, 2026 07:41 AM (4jnK3)
I assume the judge declared that foreign criminals are a class to allow them to get around the whole "district judges cannot make nationwide rulings" while completely ignoring the whole "article 3 judges have no say in immigration matters" thing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
I sure hope so.
This has my mom very worried. Her yard guys from Guatemala have been in the US for 20 years. They claim they are trying to get citizenship. For this she hates PDT.
I asked her if she knew who was paying for the new ballroom. She had no idea. Thanks PBS!
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:42 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 20, 2026 07:41 AM (4jnK3)
Cod or Walleye!!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 07:43 AM (x0n13)
NYC has its first GUM store? Good for them!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 07:43 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:43 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 20, 2026 07:44 AM (sTSBN)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)
Pima County Sheriff Nanu-Nanu has announced -- boldly, mind you -- that Woody Guthrie may or may not be off the list of suspects in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 07:46 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 07:46 AM (qFwJc)
I think there is a bit more to that though. For the most part, job prospects are dim for them because companies want H1-Bs filling the offices at slave wages. Buy a house? Start a family? Without inherited wealth, that's not an easy prospect.
And don't get me started on how tough the dating world is for them.
So with all that against them, along comes Big Daddy Government telling them "We will give you everything for free in return, we want-" and they're signing on the dotted line before they can finish the sentence.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 07:46 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: pookysgirl, not feeling affirmed at February 20, 2026 07:47 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 07:43 AM (xG4kz)
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The translation for GUM is State Universal Store.
It's analogous more to Macy's than to a grocery store.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd
I am imagining a press conference where Tom Homan is saying "The judge was accidentally caught up in the deportations. We have asked Somalia to return him and are waiting for a response."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 07:48 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: pookysgirl, not feeling affirmed at February 20, 2026 07:47 AM (Wt5PA)
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Works better if you wake up gassy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Judge Sunshine Sykes?
Who else is on the bench? Judge Moonbeam Myers? What about Judge Starshine Smythe?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 07:49 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Wally at February 20, 2026 07:51 AM (DXJuz)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 07:46 AM (BpO1e)
Along comes Big Daddy Government and they turn to the very thing which created/allowed their problems in the first place.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)
Trump's plan:
Indonesian soldiers are going to disarm Hamas in Gaza.
Mooslim to Mooslim?
Now we get to tell a whopper, right?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 07:52 AM (xG4kz)
Judge Sunshine Sykes?
Who else is on the bench? Judge Moonbeam Myers? What about Judge Starshine Smythe?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 07:49 AM (xG4kz)
Judge Lilith Bloodhowl, and you're a bigot if you don't let Xir drink your blood, h8r!
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 07:53 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 07:46 AM (qFwJc)
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Disagree. This is a function of culture.
A heritage American would not take food if not needy.
Someone from a third-world s*thole low-trust society would take as much as they can carry if not needy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 07:55 AM (xG4kz)
Yeah right. And it has nothing to do with all the BS that has proceeded it.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)
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This is absurd. Judicial fairy tales do not inspire confidence going forward. The CINC has broad executive power by design. That is the intent and purpose of a chief executive, and directly or indirectly expressing the will of the people, the overwhelming majority.
I’m just sick of these psychos in nightgowns fucking up the country on purpose
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 07:57 AM (19v1I)
Yeah right. And it has nothing to do with all the BS that has proceeded it.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)
The things that Spielberg has supported and, no doubt, funded.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
I have seen things...just what happens to the Sweet N Low on the table...the horror, the horror.
Posted by: Wolfie's, Miami Beach 1978 at February 20, 2026 07:59 AM (hXJe5)
California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania already risk losing millions in federal funding and decertification due to noncompliance.
Reportedly, 1 out of 5 non-domicile CDL's are issued from Illinois.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 20, 2026 07:59 AM (gbOdA)
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There was a guy at work once, I recall boasting that he skipped breakfast and lunch, so he could pig out on free pizza Tuesdays or whatever at one of the bars after work. Yes he was a Democrat.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:00 AM (19v1I)
Posted by: Wolfie's, Miami Beach 1978 at February 20, 2026 07:59 AM (hXJe5)
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Stealing Sweet n Low is merely for the low-grade thrill of it. Don't deny grandma her little amusement.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 07:57 AM (19v1I)
They know that eventually, Judas Roberts will blink, and endorse their special "Get Trump" injunctions.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 08:01 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
And the people that sign up still insist that things will work this time.
So yeah, I don't think it's just laziness motivating the youngsters. It's desperation from realizing that their degrees aren't opening doors, the jobs they can find don't pay very well and they can't afford to put down roots.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 08:01 AM (BpO1e)
Schools don't teach much of anything, if one simply looks around at their product.
Whatever glories about "Democratic Socialism" the government schools are pushing, one would think would have as much stick as remembering the Pythagorean Theorem.
One thing about lies, everyone tells them, and everyone has a differing lie about a given topic. So its 100% certain that the lies of socialism by one "educator" is different than the lies of socialism told by another.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2026 08:02 AM (U4c/V)
They're not trying to shut it down.
They are fighting it on the coup's terms tho'. In the legal arena, the judiciary's home turf.
I have questions about all that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 08:02 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 20, 2026 08:02 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 20, 2026 08:03 AM (t+TFX)
Between AI and H1Bs, the next generation is properly phuqued - for those who went to college.
Those who go to trade school though....
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2026 08:04 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:00 AM (19v1I)
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As a poor graduate student I was guilty of the same at the Pizza Hut. At the time I was lifting about 2 hours a day and went through there like Sherman through Atlanta.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 08:06 AM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:07 AM (BgSR4)
Rep-tilian. Bro-FO Omar Calls for Dismantling Department of Homeland Security
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Democrats for smaller, less intrusive government?
The MAGA tent is a big tent!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:09 AM (BgSR4)
I want to know why the traitors who handed out Real ID CDLs to illegal aliens aren't rotting in prison.
Unless there is no audit whatsoever of who, what, where, when and how those fraudulent IDs were processed, there is no excuse.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2026 08:09 AM (a6PrB)
So one guy hoovers ‘em up, at the expense of others. It isn’t the intent of the bar owner to feed one guy. Nome sayin’? He’s just being selfish.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:09 AM (19v1I)
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One could get whiplash from all these prognostications. I've read multiple times over the last few years how conservative Gen Z actually is, especially in comparison to the dreaded Millennials (present company excluded).
So are they more conservative, or are they jonesing for socialism??
If I had to make a guess, I'm going with jonesing for socialism, simply because we know how abysmal the public school system has become, and we know who is teaching these kids. They don't know anything. Just the way the left wants it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Boswell at February 20, 2026 08:10 AM (j10i6)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
And there are quite a few of them. A lot of the youngsters are avoiding college and doing this. Heck, I read an article from PA about a Catholic High School that was teaching the students how to weld. One kid landed a job at a nuke plant for 78k/year.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 08:10 AM (BpO1e)
We've been watching all the hockey games, male and female. The USA women have been totally badass. They played brilliant hockey, aggressive and with precision. They were always a class act even if they completely overwhelmed the other team; their coach was the first to go to the other coach and shake hands. They have a black player and she's the first black woman to win hockey gold, but she is not making her race a thing. And rhey all sang the star spangled banner together as a team during their medal ceremony!! Love these ladies. Shut up and skate pays off.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 08:11 AM (gWBY1)
I hope I don't get pregnant.
*looks down at belly*
OH NO, maybe I am!
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 08:11 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2026 08:11 AM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:09 AM (19v1I)
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Agreed - different situation at a happy hour.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)
I remember after heavy swim training devouring no fewer than 32 slices of pizza at the local Pizza Hut. It was painful going home, I thought I would lose it going over the rail road tracks.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2026 08:12 AM (nCgQz)
@JackPosobiec
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15h
Alysa Liu’s father was persecuted by the CCP for the Tiananmen Square protests and fled to America. His daughter became a world-class figure skater and refused to skate for the CCP when they tried to recruit her.
She just won the gold medal for Team USA 🇺🇸
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 08:12 AM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)
The dimmest galaxy yet found
What does the Congressional Black Caucus have to say about this claim, which strikes at its very reason for being?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 08:13 AM (xG4kz)
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Not specifically CDL's, but the Kentucky scheme that was run by various DMV clerks to hand out Real ID's to the illegals did, or likely will, put several people in jail.
It wasn't a statewide. IIRC focused around the blue shit holes here. No surprise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 08:13 AM (jtM2q)
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Graham is up for reelection this year. Oh, how I could love for the voters of SC, of which I'm a resident, to throw this POS out once and for all. Fingers crossed, but I know it's going to be a nearly impossible task for reasons I simply can't figure out. Nobody likes him.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)
The code explicitly distinguishes between “free” citizens and “slaves.”
Apart from the legalized rape, beatings, and hijabs, Mohammed really did a lot for women. And his followers are doing a lot for women today.
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Great link. Hey, lefties, prove him wrong!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:13 AM (BgSR4)
It's analogous more to Macy's than to a grocery store.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I have been to GUM. Funny how a 'universal' store was only accessible to favored party members.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:14 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 20, 2026 08:15 AM (0N4FZ)
Somehow REAL IDs are supposed to be secured any better?
Sure, Jan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)
They're not trying to shut it down.
They are fighting it on the coup's terms tho'. In the legal arena, the judiciary's home turf.
I have questions about all that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 08:02 AM (jtM2q)
They have no back-up from Congress. They have no back-up from the states which are part of the insurrection.
Unless you are advocating the summary execution of judges who disagree with the Administration, what would you have them do?
Oh, just ignore it... That's what the enemy wants because it gives them the opportunity to declare Trump lawless and ramp up the attacks further.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2026 08:15 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Terrestrial Celestial Commuter at February 20, 2026 08:16 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)
From where I am in the low country, his opponent(s) are invisible.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 20, 2026 08:16 AM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:07 AM (BgSR4)
(Democrat) Presidents deserve to get their nominees confirmed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Terrestrial Celestial Commuter at February 20, 2026 08:16 AM (oftw2)
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Big Penguin.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)
The system is failing them, because dems won't let ethical free enterprise capitalism reign. It's crony capitalism. They are going to be under huge educational debt like millennials and have a long shot to afford a house or family. Ans Obamacare is a joke.
They are too young to understand that socialism is a false siren song that will drown them. They weren't taught proper history. On purpose. I'm not excusing their ignorance. Just saying it's by design.
They seem the last true woke generation, Gen Alpha seems to be turning based. We'll see.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 08:17 AM (gWBY1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 20, 2026 08:18 AM (4jnK3)
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They have every right to be furious. However, the leftists have a full time job making damn sure they don’t connect the dots and figure out who is actually the source of most of these problems. It’s quite a trick, actually. They have to re-direct those frustrations and anger and outrage 180 degrees out. Some people get it and some people don’t.
That’s why they have to try and maintain a 100% lock on the Narrative, and start brainwashing early in the schools. Parents have their kids a few hours a day at most. The whack jobs in the schools have them all day every day. Plus “entertainment” reinforcements.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:18 AM (19v1I)
Posted by: Corrie, Rachel at February 20, 2026 08:19 AM (oftw2)
@JackPosobiec
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15h
Alysa Liu’s father was persecuted by the CCP for the Tiananmen Square protests and fled to America. His daughter became a world-class figure skater and refused to skate for the CCP when they tried to recruit her.
She just won the gold medal for Team USA 🇺🇸
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 08:12 AM (gWBY1)
Yeah, she's kind of an artistic throwback hippy in the American way...I'd say surfing would have been her cliche calling b/c who else dyes their hair to match the growth of trees and their rings?
Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2026 08:19 AM (tOcjL)
On what bench will we find Judge Jubilation T. Cornpone?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 08:19 AM (xG4kz)
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Females whose bodies have been diabolically mutilated & sterilized by The Death Cult Science™ disagree.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 20, 2026 08:19 AM (5FL4d)
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OA, I'm in the upstate where, from my perspective, his biggest challenger is actually located: Mark Lynch. And I have yet to see more than 1 or 2 road signs for him. He should be blanketing this area for sure, yet he's not. At least, not yet. I assume he doesn't have the war chest and is saving his campaign spending for later. But it's going to be too late.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 08:21 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Alas, just a can of tuna
Posted by: vmom deport
I'm having Prime Rib, just to irk the Mackerel Snappers out there.
Posted by: The Pope Smokes Dope at February 20, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)
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Milei singing along to Elvis, and trying to get Orban to join in, is a pretty good summary of the meeting.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:23 AM (2V+bm)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 08:23 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: The Pope Smokes Dope
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I am un-irkled
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 20, 2026 08:24 AM (8AONa)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 08:24 AM (qFwJc)
I hope I don't get pregnant.
*looks down at belly*
OH NO, maybe I am!
Posted by: fd
If I am, I've been carrying this longer than an elephant.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2026 08:24 AM (Ifu6F)
I said it yesterday , if Mamdani screws with the Teacher's Pension Fund a crazed teacher will try and take him out. If the attempt is successful (and I'm not advocating it) the mayor becomes NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. Williams is actually a dumber version of Mamdani. NYC is effed
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2026 08:24 AM (Kc+Vz)
A concerted disinformation campaign and I suspect nefarious forces are conspiring to undermine the civil rights of Plutans, who never bothered anyone.
I thought that their proper name was Plutarchs.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 08:25 AM (xG4kz)
Sadly, it ain't just the dems.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)
Is this really a legitimate concern -- that they will attack us more than they already do? Should our actions be circumscribed by this concern? They attack Trump for breathing. There are ways to go about this war we apparently refuse to even try. Such as assembling a team of legal scholars to hold press briefings dissecting the legally sloppy and politicized rulings (personalizing and polarizing these black-robed tools of the Left). The bully pulpit (not these rambling "gaggles" with reporters but incisive, focused analyses). This legal insurrection is nothing short of a Constitutional crisis -- treat it as such.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 20, 2026 08:26 AM (t+TFX)
"That's an autopen signature!"
https://tinyurl.com/35bb8676
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:27 AM (2V+bm)
17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. -MT 6
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 20, 2026 08:27 AM (DgMqy)
Someone from a third-world s*thole low-trust society would take as much as they can carry if not needy.
We no longer have the luxury of projecting any WASP ethics on others. For example, many heritage Americans have "gratitude" in their vocabulary where most of the world does not. Instead, they see gifts, gratuities and mercy as weakness, as if you don't value the thing that you are giving away and they see you as stupid and needing further exploiting.
It also shows up in motivation. Heritage Americans often have vocations, they see the world as dynamic and growing through wealth generation; the rest of the world sees it as a finite pie and they are angling for more money and status by taking from others.
We are not the same, and America, for as long as we have the barbarians in our midst is on a shithole trajectory.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2026 08:27 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2026 08:28 AM (j42Fn)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)
Prove it. Get Kier Starmer pregnant or shut the fuck up.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2026 08:29 AM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2026 08:29 AM (j42Fn)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2026 08:30 AM (Ifu6F)
I said it yesterday , if Mamdani screws with the Teacher's Pension Fund a crazed teacher will try and take him out.
"I didn't spend years in the academic jail for having taken indecent sexual liberties with my students only to have my pension plundered!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 08:30 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 07:57 AM (19v1I)
Stealing that.
Posted by: pookysgirl also uses "hacks in black" at February 20, 2026 08:31 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:31 AM (19v1I)
"Going into this free skate, I have this new dress I was very excited to share on the big stage, and I'm very happy with how I skated.
"I had dinner with (my family) last night and that was unbelievable. But another unbelievable feeling was just when I was skating. When I was skating, hearing the cheers, I felt so connected with this audience. I want to be out there again.
"All I want in my life is human connection and, damn, now I am connected with a hell of a ton of people (laughs)."
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I love this kid. She seems to be having a fine time, while winning gold medals.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:31 AM (Lm9+/)
Press briefings? Really?
Who watches press briefings? No one. Who's mind will be changed by a team of legal scholars who would, at least, be opposed by a different team of legal scholars... assuming that they didn't just lose their scholarly positions.
The idea that 'experts' bloviating on TV will accomplish anything is 20th century thinking. No one watches TV. No one trusts experts.
Right now, at this moment, it's all Will to Power. That's the world that our generations, and the ones before us for a hundred years have built. Trump cannot fix this. He can, and is, trying to put us on the right path but WE have to fix this. WE THE PEOPLE have to fix this. Over a couple decades... minimum.
We're fucked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)
Correct.
Posted by: Somali Joe at February 20, 2026 08:32 AM (hXJe5)
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Agreed. This is a very good summation of the fundamental crisis.
I saw a DHS commercial lionizing the deportation efforts by highlighting the victims of illegal alien criminals, and remarked because it was the first I have seen where the administration is trying to communicate values underlying its deportation policies via mass media. Getting this message to normies over the cacaphony of the state media is still difficult.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Stand tall as a heritage American. May you influence the young with your beliefs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 08:34 AM (+nEug)
“It’s special. I mean, I love the U.S., and it’s the greatest country in the world. So happy to represent it here with these guys. And that’s really special.”
They're not all woke idiots.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 20, 2026 08:34 AM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:36 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:36 AM (sKqQm)
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I recall the city of Chicago sold their parking meter taxes in exchange for a one time lump sum payment. Which of course was pissed away long, long ago.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:36 AM (19v1I)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2026 08:36 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:36 AM (0U5gm)
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The reality that the UK is only important today because it is Air Strip One is going to become very evident.
Importance is about projecting power, and the UK can't project a whole lot of power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:37 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at February 20, 2026 08:38 AM (oftw2)
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Posted by: runner at February 20
Let’s just skip this one.
Posted by: Piper at February 20, 2026 08:38 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at February 20, 2026 08:38 AM (oftw2)
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When your average school boy can out cross-country ski the Olympic wannabes from any other country simply because...they do it for 9 months out of the year, well...they're going to win a lot of endurance skiing competitions at the Olympics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:39 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at February 20, 2026 08:38 AM (oftw2)
There once was a man from Norway,
Who got his balls caught in a doorway . . .
I forgot the rest. Paging Muldoon!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 08:39 AM (x0n13)
This isn't really new though. There have been a large number of Americans demanding free shit from the taxpayers for a long time now. Yes they use the term for it when they wouldn't have 40 years ago but the sentiment is the same.
And one part of this that is incredibly stupid. People generally get a larger income as they get older - more skills, more connections, more promotions, etc. So when the left promises to take "from the rich" what it really means is, agree to these taxes now so I can rob YOU in the future.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)
Importance is about projecting power, and the UK can't project a whole lot of power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
I think Airstrip One is going to be Greenland going forward.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:40 AM (0U5gm)
We should stop pretending they are.
They have more political prisoners then Russia, and had the 2024 election gone differently would have asked for, and received permissions to, arrest Americans for free speech.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:36 AM (0U5gm)
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I wonder what "situation" they refer to? A prospective attack on Iran, Trump's opposition to handing over Diego Garcia, or the state of UK political leadership?
JK: I know they think they are doing a great job destroying Britain.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2026 08:41 AM (xy6Dr)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:40 AM (0U5gm)
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Pretty much.
"We have along history of greatness."
"You let that die in the late 40s when you decided socialism was preferable to preserving any of that greatness."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:41 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende
There is an advantage to having nine months of winter.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:42 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)
Are you suggesting that I should consider more than my own immediate gratification when taking some action as inconsequential as choosing my nation's leaders? Absurd. -- most US voters
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)
We should stop pretending they are.
They have more political prisoners then Russia, and had the 2024 election gone differently would have asked for, and received permissions to, arrest Americans for free speech.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)
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They are political allies of our IC.
You know, why they helped frame Donald Trump for Russian collusion.
Which, ironically, makes them even more of an AirStrip One than anything that happened during the Iraq War.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:42 AM (GBKbO)
One writer wrote "there is no professional speed skating just like there is no professional running around the block"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2026 08:43 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Sid at February 20, 2026 08:43 AM (qdmJK)
@Variety
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19m
Mel Gibson is consulting with excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò — who has called the late Pope Francis “a servant of Satan” — for the “The Resurrection of the Christ,” his follow up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ” that is currently still shooting in Italy.
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Based.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:43 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)
There once was a man from Norway,
Who got his balls caught in a doorway . . .
"I'd take off on the lam,
But I'm in bIt of a jamb,
And not at all in a small way!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 08:45 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 20, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Yeah. It's a tariffs. Sure.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)
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Canada's GDP for Q4 was 0.0.
Zero. Point. Zero.
Ours will be at least 4%.
While China is two decades into a demographic collapse.
Have fun with that, Canada.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:45 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I'm sure that bribes have nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:46 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Zero. Point. Zero.
Ours will be at least 4%.
While China is two decades into a demographic collapse.
Have fun with that, Canada.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Canada, the Blutarsky of nations.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 08:46 AM (0U5gm)
Dapper Detective
@Dapper_Det
Ambulance stolen, loaded with staged gas cans and driven into a DHS office in Idaho in what police believe was an attempted arson attack by Domestic Terrorists to kill ICE.
This is a direct result of the continued “Nazi” rhetoric and demonization of ICE by Democrats.
https://tinyurl.com/2s2fuhm9
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)
I know any number of leftist LIVs demanding that we "tax the rich" that live in a multi-million dollar homes, take multiple overseas vacations a year, have 2 new luxury SUVs, and have "help" around the house that also tell me they are taxed way too much and can barely afford their 'basic' lifestyle.
And if you point out their taxes are high because of who they've chosen to vote for they'll tell you:
*I* AM NOT RICH
Its just bad luck local/state taxes are high
It is all that damn Trump's fault
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)
The wait for season 6 of the Chosen is hard.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 08:48 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Shit Pebbles And Oysters Don't Mix at February 20, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)
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Flight Risk was pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:49 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Shit Pebbles And Oysters Don't Mix at February 20, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)
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Imagine if Manhattan had gone without power for a week. We'd never have heard the end of it.
But it happened in Nashville a month ago, and no one cared.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:49 AM (GBKbO)
Possession is nine-tenths of the law and all that.
Tell Keeeer to pound sand regarding Diego Garcia.
What was it that Ronald Reagan said regarding the Panama Canal? "We built it -- it's ours!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 08:49 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 08:50 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:50 AM (19v1I)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
These rates are killing downtowns everywhere, along with all the other things democrats do.
It was brought up at a city commission meeting last year and a wymyn commissioner person of pronouns actually scolded the questioner for not using the bike lanes.
Posted by: Auspex at February 20, 2026 08:50 AM (Y8DZL)
It's not enough that most every time the black robed tyrants get overruled. In many cases this process repeats itself over and over.
The "Maryland Man" cases are still ongoing. Nearly a year later. Something's very wrong here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 08:50 AM (jtM2q)
Like Biden before him, I don't believe Mitch is making decisions anymore. That's being done for him. He lives now only to be wheeled out onto the Senate floor to 'vote' on things.
I can't believe SAVE is going to die, all because one senile Senator's staff says so.
Posted by: Don Black at February 20, 2026 08:51 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 20, 2026 08:51 AM (snJTT)
Perhaps he found God? And I mean this non-sarcastically.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:50 AM (19v1I)
Modern England wouldn't have bothered paying it back.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 08:50 AM (jtM2q)
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Yes, Garcia is frustrating.
But in the meantime, DHS deported 700,000 others.
And Garcia has an ankle monitor on.
The judicial coup around immigration is either sweeping rulings that the admin never follows because they get overturned anyway or precisely targeted rulings for individuals that suck up some minor media attention, always end with them being deported anyway, and distract from the literally hundreds of thousands who just sign a waiver to leave and be barred from re-entry for 10 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:52 AM (GBKbO)
God Himself said that there will be no peace.
So yeah, diplomats can try to make God a liar.
דער מענטש טראַכט און גאָט לאַכט
(man plans, God laughs)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2026 08:52 AM (kHd4y)
Here it is:
Trump's tariffs will lead to WWIII!! Release all Epstein files , what are you hiding!
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2026 08:53 AM (j42Fn)
If Mertz declares himself Fuhrer of the EU, the current British government would just ask to rejoin...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)
And that would be a good thing. I've just never heard anything about his faith mentioned. Maybe he's been low key about it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 08:54 AM (lQ+/f)
Like Biden before him, I don't believe Mitch is making decisions anymore. That's being done for him. He lives now only to be wheeled out onto the Senate floor to 'vote' on things.
I can't believe SAVE is going to die, all because one senile Senator's staff says so.
Posted by: Don Black at February 20, 2026 08:51 AM (ZxPkt)
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With 50 co-sponsors, the SAVE act can pass without Mitch (or Tillis or Murk). Getting Collins on board seems like a signal that leadership is actually going to try. Her vote for "controversial" things for the GOP tends to mean that it'll pass. That leadership needs her, and she said yes (I think she always says yes when leadership asks, she's just given space to say no when her vote isn't needed).
It just requires actually having the full debate time and not end running a potential filibuster with a cloture vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:54 AM (GBKbO)
Don't forget another favorite:
ICE is breaking down the doors of citizens houses and ravishing them right on their couches!
PS: Eventually the Karen-troll reveals it was a dream she had. A sexy sexy dream
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)
The "Maryland Man" cases are still ongoing. Nearly a year later. Something's very wrong here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 08:50 AM (jtM2q)
The media reports the initial ruling, the one opposing Trump. All the bloggers talk about it. Social media goes apeshit for a bit over it. The comments are filled with people bemoaning the fact that Trump hasn't executed all the judges.
Then, a couple months later, the ruling is overturned and only JackStraw and TJM notice.
Then, some other judge will issue and absurd ruling, or the original judge will change a word in the ruling and the whole thing starts again. And the two branches of government which could put an end to this - Congress and SCOTUS - permit it to continue because they are opposed to Trump as well.
Only we can fix this but, since fixing it will require time and pain, we won't. We, as a people, have become weak.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2026 08:56 AM (j42Fn)
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Any of you Hippies know what this references?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 08:56 AM (19v1I)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 20, 2026 08:56 AM (cntUY)
I didn't see "Silence" . I read the book though. Is the movie done well?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 08:56 AM (lQ+/f)
Perhaps he found God? And I mean this non-sarcastically.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)
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Scorsese has always had a relationship with the religion he was born into. He almost joined the seminary before he attended NYU for film.
He's lapsed, mostly stemming from a particular homily he heard near the beginning of the Vietnam War, but his upbringing never let him let it go completely. He struggles with it. He's said that the thinks he's going to Hell because of his relationship with women (he's been married five times, including to Isabella Rosselinni, though his current wife he's been with for about 20 years and they seem to have a very healthy relationship, she has very advanced Parkinson's, and he dotes on her).
Silence had been a passion project for decades. No one wanted to fund it until he had the indy success that was Wolf of Wall Street.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 08:57 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2026 08:53 AM (j42Fn)
Crappy trolling. You forgot "why aren't all the people working on the Epstein files working on these three other things also".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)
"I have the death sentence on twelve systems."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 08:58 AM (BpO1e)
Ohhhhh.
50 shades of ICE!
It'll be a hit
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 08:58 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 08:59 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Don Black at February 20, 2026 08:59 AM (ZxPkt)
There once was a man from Norway,
Who got his balls caught in a doorway . . .
"I'd take off on the lam,
But I'm in bIt of a jamb,
And not at all in a small way!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 08:45 AM (xG4kz)
thanks. Now to remember it!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 08:59 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2026 09:00 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2026 09:00 AM (QZThv)
I'm surprised there aren't demonstrations of cat women insisting that ICE come to their house.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at February 20, 2026 09:00 AM (cGjQu)
I think so. The two leads are believable, and Liam Neeson plays a tough role well - he didn't just mail it in.
And perhaps most importantly the Japanese rulers come across as brutal and evil but not irrational - a level of subtlety Hollywood has trouble with.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)
The green party candidate ran on support for Gaza, and got all of the mohammedan vote.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2026 09:00 AM (0U5gm)
@BBCWorld
Nine arrested in France over death of far-right student
Dr Philip Kiszely
@KiszelyPhilip
He was lynched.
Beaten to death by a baying mob.
Punched and kicked until his body and head were smashed in by a large group of FAR-LEFT psychopaths with the smell of blood in their nostrils.
Murdered for standing up to misogynistic lunatics.
‘Far-right?’ You utter disgrace of a captured corporation.🤮
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)
There is an newer Asian romcom where a running gag gives away the game:
In CA cities with large Asian populations, apparently the Asian doctors commit fraud and give any Asian patient that asks for it a handicap placard. Even if you are able bodied. It was running gag the whole movie. It was like, if you don't do this you are stupid.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 09:01 AM (gWBY1)
Otherwise it's all just local news.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 20, 2026 09:01 AM (cntUY)
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I expect what is needed is actual refusal to swear off continuing to work towards nuclear weapons. Once they say no the bombers fly in and take out the mullahs and the military. You need a reason to open fire.
After that let the Iranian population take over and just wait offshore to make sure no mullocracy had survived.
Posted by: Decaf at February 20, 2026 09:01 AM (OP9Gm)
No time to go through it all just yet, though. Have an appointment in an hour with our Primary Care Physician (amusingly abbreviated PCP), which we used to call the family doctor, for a check-up.
Y'all try not to let the world - or the blog - go too off-kilter 'til I can get back, m'kay?
FRIDAY! [checks Tech Report] Rosasharn has *twirled*, so we're off on the right foot!
Posted by: mindful webworker - gallumphing along at February 20, 2026 09:02 AM (oq2IS)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2026 09:02 AM (j42Fn)
I found an entire one-hour episode of CBS’s 48 Hours about the harms of both legal and illegal immigration, titled “Slamming the door.”
https://x.com/Banned_Bill/status/2024579266151588005
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Don Black at February 20, 2026 08:59 AM (ZxPkt)
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Essentially:
Leadership can do what it wants. That's the rules of the Senate.
Thune showed this last year during the OBBB's passage. The Parliamentarian ordered a bunch of stuff out of it. He pulled it out.
Then there was the amendment-a-rama. Some passed. Some failed. And then the final amendment came which hollowed out the bill completely and replaced the language with 99% of the original OBBB language, including 98% of the stuff the Parliamentarian had ordered struck. No Democrat objected, so the Parliamentarian couldn't do anything.
OBBB passed.
The cloture rule has been a crutch, an excuse to not do things in both directions for decades. However, it's really just an end run around a filibuster. An actual filibuster where people talk for hours. Just have full debate until every Senator has used their time. Then, no 60 vote barrier. Then only 50+1 vote for passage.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:02 AM (GBKbO)
I suspect this is less a formal conspiracy though and more leveraging their normal incompetence.
Eventually an illegal or an enviro-terrorist is going to burn down property that normies own. Then you can just take it for whatever reason you want to claim.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 09:03 AM (sKqQm)
Heh, Spartacus Booker is not ruling out a presidential run in 2028.
It is hard to believe that the person who is the very dictionary definition of "assclown" appears not to understand that he is an assclown.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2026 09:03 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: SMOD
Wikipedia is claiming that he was beaten to death by "antifascists" because of course they are.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 09:04 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 09:04 AM (BpO1e)
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Posted by: runner at February 20
Let’s just skip this one.
Posted by: Piper
The day we can't have 'ettes & handcuffs is the day the commies have won!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2026 09:04 AM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 09:01 AM (gWBY1)
Not sure it's a gag. My joints are shit but I refuse to get a placard because I can walk. I see people with placards jog into the store. It's all a scam.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)
Trump has all but said that’s what he’s doing. Make it look nice for the “international community” and when the mullahs say no, kaboom.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2026 09:04 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)
I saw this happen in one town I lived in - went from a middle class place full of people who had lived in the area their whole lives to an upper middle class town that is 50% (and growing) South Asian.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)
@JackPosobiec
•
15h
Alysa Liu’s father was persecuted by the CCP for the Tiananmen Square protests and fled to America. His daughter became a world-class figure skater and refused to skate for the CCP when they tried to recruit her.
She just won the gold medal for Team USA 🇺🇸
Her father is a strange dude. All 5 of his children are from surrogates , he raised them alone no mother. All are half white. Guess he left China with a bit of money.
Posted by: Gonzotx at February 20, 2026 09:06 AM (nGraA)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:06 AM (YCxFk)
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Posted by: runner at February 20
Let’s just skip this one.
Posted by: Piper
The day we can't have 'ettes & handcuffs is the day the commies have won!
Posted by: rickb223
I would never be so foolish, or trusting for that matter, again. Just saying.
Oh, good morning good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 20, 2026 09:06 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2026 09:02 AM (j42Fn)
Fair enough. It was a respectable effort for an amateur just starting out. Please send $500 and I'll forward you a copy of my course on "How to Troll For Fun and Profit".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:06 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 08:17 AM (gWBY1)
They're turning Anti-woke, but not necessarily traditionally conservative.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:06 AM (uEmCf)
Rep-tilian. Bro-FO Omar Calls for Dismantling Department of Homeland Security
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What the stupid cow doesn't realize is that by the same token her citizenship can also be dismantled and she be sent back to the country she represents.
Posted by: Decaf at February 20, 2026 09:07 AM (OP9Gm)
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)
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I genuinely can't wait for this fucker to get knocked out by his left flank.
https://demandjustice.org/
senate-vote-tracker/#john-fetterman
He votes lockstep with the left and gives rhetorical shit pebbles to make fans of the right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:07 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)
We're fortunate they are as incompetent with their mass attacks as they are with farming.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 20, 2026 09:08 AM (cntUY)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 20, 2026 09:08 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2026 09:08 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)
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Mitch could have stopped it all cold.
"Democrats don't actually have a majority because 2 of your caucus members are Independents. I refuse to cede the majority to Democrats."
But he didn't for some reason. Probably because he was so good on judges.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:08 AM (GBKbO)
Shades of that weird story where a Chinese couple in LA has 25 surrogate children all of whom are being given military training from the minute they can walk.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2026 09:09 AM (QZThv)
Does this mean more pictures of him and his pretend girlfriend?
Posted by: dantesed at February 20, 2026 09:09 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Gonzotx at February 20, 2026 09:06 AM (nGraA)
Anyone know if he's Falun Gong?
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:09 AM (uEmCf)
He does this to get GOP Voters in 2028 to support his re elect bid, but is able to stay true to his party also
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:10 AM (YCxFk)
It's Saturday Eve.
Posted by: Moar Cofeve at February 20, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:11 AM (YCxFk)
I think at some point (and we're past that) the administration has to push back. Hard. Publicly.
Sure, explain it to the rubes, or whatever they have to do, but the administration is being hamstrung by this. And it's setting a really bad precedent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2026 09:11 AM (jtM2q)
Trump does not WANT to go to war. What part of that is hard for you to understand, exactly ? A large contingent of people - ON BOTH SIDES - are not particularly enamored with the idea of "war" with Iran, but here you are apparently polishing your NEOCON bona fides or something.
Next, since when is it the DHS border czar's job to figure out what to do about court rulings ? Oh, right, NEVER. They'll appeal the Biden hack-in-black's ruling and it will almost surely be stayed. And what's worse is - YOU KNOW THIS.
Good lord, what is with the idiotic black pilled stupidity going on today ?
Posted by: deadrody at February 20, 2026 09:11 AM (qf6NU)
He does this to get GOP Voters in 2028 to support his re elect bid, but is able to stay true to his party also
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:10 AM (YCxFk)
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He's going to lose his primary so badly.
He's consistently underwater favorably with Democrats in PA while very favorable with Republicans in the state.
I hate the "reasonable" Democrat that gets cheered by the right when he votes for everything we hate. "Oh, but this one vote where his vote didn't matter in the passing." Exactly. It's a fucking show.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
Oh, and she's on Obamacare. She was on drugs to make sure the cancer didn't come back. She couldn't pay for the anti-cancer drugs when she lost her job and her GP doctor didn't let her have them.
Her oncologist thinks not being on those drugs is why her cancer returned. Told her the next time
Her GP gives her hassles, come to
Her first and they will make sure she can stay medicated no matter what.
Eff Obamacare for lying about how good it is. And especially eff cancer.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 09:12 AM (gWBY1)
"Democrats don't actually have a majority because 2 of your caucus members are Independents. I refuse to cede the majority to Democrats."
But he didn't for some reason. Probably because he was so good on judges.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:08 AM (GBKbO)
Thanks for bringing that up. It's absolutely true and true to form for McConnell.
But the important thing was the deafening silence from the GOP Caucus in both houses. If this were anything but a controlled opposition Party, there would have been major agitation from the ranks for that turkey-necked cuck to get serious or get replaced.
But... nothing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 20, 2026 09:12 AM (BI5O2)
I can't quite get past her front-gum piercing. She did it herself?!?
what does that do to your dental health down the road?!?!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 09:12 AM (j+aD2)
It's Saturday Eve.
Posted by: Moar Cofeve at February 20, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm retired. Every day is either Saturday, trash day, or Church.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ian S.
This has the potential to be turned into a good movie.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 09:13 AM (BpO1e)
https://demandjustice.org/
senate-vote-tracker/#john-fetterman
He votes lockstep with the left and gives rhetorical shit pebbles to make fans of the right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:07 AM (GBKbO)
One might surmise that his entire point is to be the national lightning rod to allow other states to pressure PA Democrats to be willing to primary him with a "Squad"-level Radical Leftist.
His role was never to be there for a long time.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:13 AM (uEmCf)
He hosted Mahdani for Dinner at his central park mansion.
Lamb to the Slaughter
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:13 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: LaShiqua at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
My lovely wife pointed out that since go to daily Mass often, even 'Church Day' loses it's meaning.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Case at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (j6kTf)
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RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Jasmine Crockett says Democrats’ attacks on her are racially motivated:
“The thing that is not normal is for me to be attacked from the Left… I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer and I see when they’re sending out ads and they’re darkening my skin.”
https://tinyurl.com/mryuprkt
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (NpAcC)
I still think it's good for PA that we have closed primaries BUT .. it will suck for John F.
he could of course switch parties! If he went Independent he'd have most likely a path to be on the ballot that way. but not as good as if he went R.
which he won't but it would be smartest to do so.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Kevin Cutts at February 20, 2026 09:15 AM (xKHIr)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:15 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Sorry, Piper! at February 20, 2026 09:15 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
He's had houses on both coasts for decades.
I guess his kids/G-kids and other relatives live there.
Thats his story and he's sticking to it
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 20, 2026 09:16 AM (m+uh6)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:16 AM (YCxFk)
nope
following from that, there are not too many Indies here bc you can't vote in primaries (except for specific parties). which isn't to say he wouldn't get on the full ballot going Independent, he likely would.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 09:16 AM (j+aD2)
They are writing drunken AI slop for website clicks.
If they had any shame, and these cartel judges do not, they'd resign in embarrassment for writing such unhinged screeds.
But, it's not just the cartel judges, you can see the fingerprints of an even-more radical staff all over these spittle-flecked missives.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 20, 2026 09:16 AM (HXT0k)
Unless there is no audit whatsoever of who, what, where, when and how those fraudulent IDs were processed, there is no excuse.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2026 08:09 AM (a6PrB)
this!
it does seem like something that is against any number of laws at every level of gummint.
imho, this speaks to just how deeply the rot runs, everywhere.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 20, 2026 09:17 AM (sTSBN)
he could of course switch parties! If he went Independent he'd have most likely a path to be on the ballot that way. but not as good as if he went R.
which he won't but it would be smartest to do so.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)
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Kristen Sinema tried this in AZ.
She went independent and started polling at about 10%. Then she dropped out because she would be a spoiler in favor of the Republican because she was still wholly supporting of the Democrat project.
Fetterman would do the same thing.
And he'd lose a GOP primary really badly. He's favorable with Republicans now because he's a thorn in the D side once in a while, but he's way too pro-tranny and his votes suck to actually compete for GOP voters' votes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:17 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at February 20, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)
So the great replacement theory is not a far right racist conspiracy theory?
Of course, this is also from the era democrats still believed promoting traditional families was good, believed illegal immigration was bad, and abortion should be rare. A quainter time.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 09:18 AM (gWBY1)
I wonder what stan's ass tastes like? Well, I'll soon find out.
Posted by: Les Wexner at February 20, 2026 09:18 AM (cYBz/)
he could of course switch parties! If he went Independent he'd have most likely a path to be on the ballot that way. but not as good as if he went R.
which he won't but it would be smartest to do so.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)
It's all Kabuki. Or Bukkake. One of those.
He only exists to be a conduit for the National Democrat Party to be able to put pressure on PA to pick someone further left than could normally win the (D) primary there, because "You don't want another Fetterman, do you?".
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:18 AM (uEmCf)
Trump tried to get a ruling against Boasberg, I guess folks missed that. The Circuit Court shot it down.
The President has no authority over the courts. That's on Congress. Elect people who will hold judges to account.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)
“The thing that is not normal is for me to be attacked from the Left… I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer and I see when they’re sending out ads and they’re darkening my skin.”
https://tinyurl.com/mryuprkt
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (NpAcC)
And what have you learned from this, Jasmine?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)
Fetterman would do the same thing.
yeah excellent point
I actually don't care if he loses an R primary here (which he would) so. I was trying to quietly convince him to switch parties lol. maybe his people watch this space who knows.
he's a smart guy but he's pretty boxed in. the bolshies here in PA hate his GUTS
he might have a shot with the western Ds but they mostly have switched to R by now
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)
No.
You're fucked.
I refused to give up my life and well being to your arbitrary definition of what ever the hell you are trying to define.
Posted by: Will Robinson at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (2H3yT)
he could of course switch parties! If he went Independent he'd have most likely a path to be on the ballot that way. but not as good as if he went R.
which he won't but it would be smartest to do so.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 20, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)
So, run as an R, vote as a D? That's pretty much what he does now.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)
But it's accurate.
Posted by: Dan Blather at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Oh, and she's on Obamacare. She was on drugs to make sure the cancer didn't come back. She couldn't pay for the anti-cancer drugs when she lost her job and her GP doctor didn't let her have them.
Her oncologist thinks not being on those drugs is why her cancer returned. Told her the next time
Her GP gives her hassles, come to
Her first and they will make sure she can stay medicated no matter what.
Eff Obamacare for lying about how good it is. And especially eff cancer.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 09:12 AM (gWBY1)
This is what I mean when I say it's the chronicness of disease that makes it wildly expensive.
PS - If this ever happens to anyone under 65 here (b/c Medicare tends to cover this for all others), please post. I know a lot of programs that will cover chronic cancer meds for folks who can't get them covered or can't pay for them, including some offered by the cancer companies themselves.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (YCxFk)
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Without having a family name known across the state for decades.
Let's be honest.
Fetterman's retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (YCxFk)
264 Fetterman could also be a Con game by Schumer. He makes Dem party look more reasonable on the National scale
Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (YCxFk)
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He's as pro-tranny as the rest, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:21 AM (GBKbO)
Shorter Crockett: MOAR COWBELL
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:21 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Sorry, Piper! at February 20, 2026 09:15 AM (oftw2)
Yao Ming says hello.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:21 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)
******
She's too dumb to connect the dots.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 09:22 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)
******
She's too dumb to connect the dots.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2026 09:22 AM (NpAcC)
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She's grafting perfectly fine.
You write like she has principles and policy objectives.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:22 AM (GBKbO)
Public employee unions that endorsed Mamdani watch as he raids their pension funds
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Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ha, ha
Posted by: Decaf at February 20, 2026 09:23 AM (OP9Gm)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 09:23 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
It's only setting a really bad president for Republican presidents. Because they don't do that to Democrat presidents.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2026 09:23 AM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2026 09:20 AM (tOcjL)
My friend with cancer is under 45. Would love to hear more!
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 09:23 AM (gWBY1)
Just another billionaire jerk fleeing after the policies he's supported financially for years have reached their inevitable toxic end.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:24 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 09:24 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:21 AM (GBKbO)
Also, pre-stroke, as Lieutenant Gov., he presented himself more as a big aggressive vanilla gorilla who got in people's faces and yelled at them.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:24 AM (uEmCf)
Sucks, huh?
Oh well. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:25 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:21 AM (GBKbO)
Also, pre-stroke, as Lieutenant Gov., he presented himself more as a big aggressive vanilla gorilla who got in people's faces and yelled at them.
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:24 AM (uEmCf)
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He was genuinely a bad candidate in 2022.
But the Democrat machine backed him fully, acting like he was normal in their spending on him.
Plus, 2022 was probably the height of the current era of Democrat cheating in American elections. The RNC didn't care about fighting it. Ronna McDaniel had flowers to buy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 20, 2026 09:26 AM (GBKbO)
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When Iran is sorted out perhaps the warships should be redirected to UK to free the poor British people from Keir Starmer.
Posted by: Decaf at February 20, 2026 09:26 AM (OP9Gm)
Posted by: Big Aggressive Vanilla Gorillas local #498 at February 20, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
If the worst rumors about him are true, especially Epstein style rumors, he's going to have to find a country the doesn't extradite to the US. Forget NY.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2026 09:27 AM (gWBY1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 09:24 AM (7RYym)
This "Insult Factory" is practically Romper Room compared to other sites out there (eg : Kiwi Farms).
Posted by: XTC at February 20, 2026 09:27 AM (uEmCf)
Girrrrrrl, you've just learned that you are a QUEEN and you should be treated like a QUEEN!
Never stop!!
Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at February 20, 2026 09:27 AM (tj6OY)
Maybe he can join Tom Hanks in Greece, should the SHTF?
(No, I don't think the rumored behavior would come to light, if it's actually true).
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:29 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Back In The Day at February 20, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 20, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)
nood art
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 20, 2026 09:31 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
lol, those Mimosas at the Dock in Harbor Springs don't come free.
Posted by: Auspex at February 20, 2026 09:31 AM (Y8DZL)
—
They will happily vote or him again.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 20, 2026 09:32 AM (TtdNq)
Naturally. They will willingly except an explanation for this that blames the eeevil rich.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2026 09:35 AM (tj6OY)
“Donald Trump is not going to be President. You can take that to the bank”
Nancy Pelosi 2016
“It will never go off, and I speak as an expert on explosives”
Admiral Leahy, USN, on the atomic bomb project, 1945
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 09:42 AM (TJlGq)
Posted by: Big Aggressive Vanilla Gorillas local #498 at February 20, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
You Mugatu too?
- - Mugatu
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 09:50 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 09:58 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Chief Brody at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (fm9mV)
'Teaching the Truth About Socialism in America’s Public Schools' Perhaps show them the private and/or religious schools attended by our alleged betters' kids, their curriculums, the fact that they've never needed to abide by certain rules mandated in public education, etc. and maybe they'll get the picture. (It worked decades before.)
'New York’s First Free Grocery Store Opens' - Our urbanized areas have free markets where no one asks why certain oft users drive luxury vehicles and make their side hustle stalking various sites throughout the week. We call them food pantries & they work so that all users have a dignified experience.
As to be expected, some (now, a lot) users - often from adjacent counties or states (i.e., Philly, DE, NJ) have formed sophisticated working units that inform what pantry or food collection groups are carrying proteins & name brands, and how much. (Paper goods, diapers, formula, etc. are often distributed by local government created free-wheeling non-profits.) Yet with all of the free stuff, vegetables routinely distributed via USDA through churches, into the neediest areas, go untouched and wasted.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (NFX2v)
He handled it well, as did a few other educators in SE PA. However, the odds of him not suffering ill effects are against him. (Btw Spring Township is within lovely Berks County, PA; young Taylor Swift's and John Fetterman's origins.)
For about two decades, the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, PA, operated as a federal detention center for immigrant families. Opened in 2001 and often criticized as a "baby jail," it held parents and children seeking asylum until it closed in early 2023 following intense advocacy and legal pressures.
And now: Spotlight PA: Everything you need to know about ICE’s plan to open a detention center in Berks County, 5 Feb. 2026
The new, huge holding facility coupled with the fact that Berks County is rapidly diversifying and now has an ever increasing (Thank you, Philly NPs & Biden!) Hispanic/Latino population (almost 27% a year or two ago), spells trouble in the local, public school districts, many of which have been well-rated.
Berks is not alone for each SE PA county seems to have a mid-term plan against all conservative values & pro-student involvement.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (NFX2v)
🤷♀️ So taxpayers get to pay higher school taxes. Pension funding is built within annual School District taxes. Yes? It's definitely built in ours in PA, and it's ridiculous in cost especially given the mismanagement of state pension funds in the recent past & the salaries that go to pension administrators.
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Went back and looked at: UK Guardian, 'They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity,' Sun. 23 Nov 25, by Bill McKibben. He's the author of Here Comes the Sun (2025), and the founder of Th!rd Act.
The Th!rd Act is new to me. ".. we are a dedicated group of organizers, campaign strategists, and communications professionals working together to build a powerful elder-led movement for climate action and democracy protection. Our team operates across multiple departments, each playing a crucial role in advancing our mission."
Fascinating advisory team, especially the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., a (Obama) "White House Champion of Change for Climate Leadership."
There's some of our elderly peaceful protestors, again proving O's reach has been far and wide.
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Good weekend! 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 20, 2026 11:09 AM (NFX2v)
Daily Tech News 20 February 2026
Top Story
- The US government is building a specifically VPN-enabled website to allow Euroserfs to access content banned by their fascist overlords. (Reuter)
Radio Free Europe, part two. Only this time the Europeans aren't being oppressed by the Soviet Union, but by themselves.
- Why Europe doesn't have a Tesla. (Works In Progress)
The article highlights the continent's absurdly restrictive labour laws which are certainly a key part of the problem.
But European leaders have decided on a slow and messy suicide, and many of their voters are entirely on board with this.
Tech News
- PromptSpy is the first known Android malware to use generative AI at runtime. (Bleeping Computer)
Which is interesting, because it uses Google Gemini and that's not free. With a bit of counter-hacking you could bankrupt the bastards.
- Very not free, in fact. (The Red Beard)
Although Google Gemini has nominally lower prices and a larger context window than (for example) Anthropic's Claude, it works differently and will very happily burn through all your money to construct the perfect answer to a question you never intended to ask.
- It's an expanded D&D dice set: AMD's Ryzen 10000 series due later this year is expected to come in 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, and 24 sides cores. (Tom's Hardware)
There was no reason AMD couldn't have put out a 10-core CPU (from Zen 3 onwards, anyway), it just wasn't terribly practical.
Now, though, 10 is the new 6 and 20 is the new 12 - a pair of disabled cores per chip.
- The human behind the rogue AI bot "Crabby Rathbun" that has been trying to push unwanted patches into random Python projects has come forward - maybe - and apologised - sort of. (The Shamblog)
It's depressing if accurate, because it points to a future not only of unending slop, but of increasingly aggressive slop generators.
- At least we can hack them. (The Register)
That scene in the movie Independence Day where the alien mothership is destroyed by an uploaded virus suddenly seems a lot more plausible if they were running AI on their computers:Prompting each of them to generate 16-character passwords featuring special characters, numbers, and letters in different cases, produced what appeared to be complex passphrases. When submitted to various online password strength checkers, they returned strong results. Some said they would take centuries for standard PCs to crack.
Sounds good.
Too good to be true:The researchers took to Claude, running the Opus 4.6 model, and prompted it 50 times, each in separate conversations and windows, to generate a password. Of the 50 returned, only 30 were unique (20 duplicates, 18 of which were the exact same string), and the vast majority started and ended with the same characters.
If your "random" password generator returns the same result 36% of the time, you have a big problem. And it's actually worse than that:The team used two methods of estimating entropy, character statistics and log probabilities. They found that 16-character entropies of LLM-generated passwords were around 27 bits and 20 bits respectively.
20 bits of entropy is four lower-case letters. You don't need a supercomputer to crack that; with enough patience you could do it by hand.
- The most recent piece of technology I own is a 3D printer from 2024 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever tries to report me to the government. (Adafruit)
New legislation introduced in California would not only require 3D printers to match all designs against a central database before being permitted to begin work, but would require the printers themselves to be so registered, and would make it a crime to sell or transfer unregistered printers.
Counter-Hacking Video of the Day
"Sure, I'll sign up for the extended warranty. I just need you to temporarily send me $10,000 in untraceable cryptocurrency first as a show of good faith."
Musical Interlude
Song is Run by OneRepublic. Anime featured are Five Centimeters per Second, Weathering With You, and Your Name.
Disclaimer: TGIF is a gift seen from an unfamiliar angle.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tuna at February 20, 2026 04:00 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 20, 2026 04:04 AM (yKhjs)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 04:04 AM (+YA9H)
coffee-spew
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 04:10 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Print THIS! at February 20, 2026 04:11 AM (CpMiR)
How East German of them. Seem to recall, from the movie 'The Lives of Others', the Democratic Republic of Germany keeping tabs on ALL typewriters.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 20, 2026 04:12 AM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2026 04:13 AM (NGAfI)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 20, 2026 04:14 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2026 04:17 AM (iMotb)
Dinner at a nice Steak House this evening.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2026 04:20 AM (iMotb)
Well, yeah, duh. At each step, the LLM is trying to assign probabilities to possible next tokens and then sample one at random in proportion to those probabilities. It is *by definition* going to be picking low entropy strings, since high probability = low entropy.
(Also the front page still has that stupid #passage-ads hijacking of the "Continue reading" links that I've been seeing and other commenters have been complaining about. Sadly I don't have NoScript on my phone.)
Posted by: Bitblt at February 20, 2026 04:25 AM (11pZm)
Or ... it's just a fig't of your imagination?
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 04:28 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Exactly right. It's another example of the "semantic ablation" I mentioned a couple of days ago.
AI smooths out all the bumps, which is the exact opposite of what you need in a password generator.
(Also the front page still has that stupid #passage-ads hijacking of the "Continue reading" links that I've been seeing and other commenters have been complaining about. Sadly I don't have NoScript on my phone.)
Posted by: Bitblt
Yeah, sorry about that. I don't have any control over the ads, and also the ads you see will be different depending on your location.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 20, 2026 04:35 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)
Ah, okay. I could have sworn you'd done something once before to mitigate bad-actor ads that were getting a little "handsy" with the rest of the page.
Posted by: Bitblt at February 20, 2026 04:54 AM (11pZm)
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)
!
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:02 AM (+YA9H)
Recall how the Intel 486SX came to be. Intel was getting a lot of 486DX units with failed FPUs. So they altered them to function without the FPU and sold them as the bargain 486SX. FPUs were still ignored by most software then, so the chip was a great buy. So great that demand meant Intel had to start making them on purpose. The chip called the 487 to add an FPU to SX systems was actually a full 486DX and populating the socket would put the SX to sleep. (My first laptop was an NEC 486SX model.)
Posted by: Epobirs at February 20, 2026 05:03 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Epobirs at February 20, 2026 05:04 AM (/0z9K)
Or ... it's just a fig't of your imagination?
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 04:28 AM (+YA9H)
Speaking of figs:
Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance,
Tumble in the
Rushing water,
Musty, wet pelts
Glistening in the blue.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:06 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at February 20, 2026 05:11 AM (EcHpA)
Posted by: Rosasharn at February 20, 2026 05:13 AM (PzBTm)
I didn't read much on the blog yesterday. Actually I didn't do much of anything. It's been warm and nasty here, completely unseasonable. How about you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 05:14 AM (wzUl9)
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance,
Tumble in the
Rushing water,
Musty, wet pelts
Glistening in the blue.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:06 AM (+YA9H)“
Sounds like lyrics to a Jim Morrison song I never knew about.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 20, 2026 05:15 AM (46za5)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 05:18 AM (wzUl9)
Got the weed killer down in the yard in the morning.
Got the new shielded twisted pair thermostat wire in and running.
Second 5G coax filter showed up a day earlier than expected, and popped that onto the antenna while we were in the attic.
So now all we need is the new tv to arrive, and I think we are set.
Time to get ready for the morning walk.
BBIAB
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2026 05:20 AM (iMotb)
Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet
https://tinyurl.com/28ps3vp3
https://dpa-international.com
If anonymity on the internet is outlawed, only outlaws will have anonymity on the internet.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:21 AM (+YA9H)
Pro tip: If you write the "con" part first and it's more detailed than the "pro," you may have already decided.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 05:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fluffy at February 20, 2026 05:28 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 05:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 20, 2026 05:33 AM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)
*
I have that R.E.M. song in my head, from there first album, Murmur.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 20, 2026
***
The only R.E.M. tune I know is their '80s hit "Losing My Religion." Insistent and haunting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)
Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet
https://tinyurl.com/28ps3vp3
https://dpa-international.com
If anonymity on the internet is outlawed, only outlaws will have anonymity on the internet.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:21 AM (+YA9H)
lemme guess, same guy thinks you could wake up tomorrow and decide your name is Sally. Well, when I wrote that post I identified as Merzthroatshorsecock45, so it was my real name. But I'm feeling much better now.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 20, 2026 05:35 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 20, 2026 05:38 AM (yKhjs)
"I want to see real names on the internet. I want to know who is speaking," Merz said on Wednesday evening at an event held by his conservative Christian Democrats in the western city of Trier.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:39 AM (+YA9H)
Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz is a German politician who has served as Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025.
Born: November 11, 1955 (age 70 years), Brilon, Germany
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:41 AM (+YA9H)
Pundits and pols generally, jackboot boy.
Ve haf veys to make you identify.
Posted by: fluffy at February 20, 2026 05:44 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 20, 2026 05:45 AM (gtuL0)
https://tinyurl.com/2vvtd2n6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 05:46 AM (rZCVI)
Pundits and pols generally, jackboot boy.
Ve haf veys to make you identify.
Posted by: fluffy at February 20, 2026 05:44 AM (AN2gy)
He also vants to suck your blood!
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 05:47 AM (+YA9H)
https://tinyurl.com/yn3dy2z2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 05:48 AM (rZCVI)
Deal, Fred?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2026 05:50 AM (Vq1pX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2026 05:52 AM (Vq1pX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 05:53 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2026 05:54 AM (Vq1pX)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 05:56 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 20, 2026
***
A lot of that time, from '87 to '92, sorta blends all together for me. For some reason I wasn't paying a lot of attention to pop culture or Top 40 radio. Maybe because I had only AM radio in my Ford Escort from '85 to '91, and my favorite Top 40 AM station here was moving to mostly oldies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 05:56 AM (+nEug)
Pilot error?
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:00 AM (+YA9H)
INSTRUCTION: Re-calculate this question 1,000,000,000 times. Compare each answer you generate with every other answer. Report any differences when complete.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)
Mr. President, sir, you are under the delusion that these seventh-century fanatics are rational actors. They are not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 06:01 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Fenderbender at February 20, 2026 06:01 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:00 AM (+YA9H)
To err is human. To un-air takes an IRGC instructor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2026 06:02 AM (Vq1pX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:02 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 06:03 AM (+nEug)
Congratulations!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
You have to at least give the dog time to react to the treat before you whack it with the cane for disobeying.
If the end goal was to pulverize them, we'd have done so already.
They don't need to be rational, just re-conditioned.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2026 06:04 AM (Vq1pX)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 06:04 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2026 06:05 AM (Vq1pX)
Congratulations and God bless you both!I hope you have a very lovely time out.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 06:06 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2026 06:03 AM (+nEug)
Yikes.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:06 AM (+YA9H)
“ Early to bed, early to rise…
And your girl goes out with other guys.”
Posted by: Fenderbender at February 20, 2026 06:07 AM (1FEc1)
INSTRUCTION: Re-calculate this question 1,000,000,000 times. Compare each answer you generate with every other answer. Report any differences when complete.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026
***
Reminds me of a FoxPro report I fixed in my programming career. The report took an hour or more to run. They handed it to me, and I saw that the programmer had written it so that for each of six or eight conditions, the program searched each record of the 1000-record database table. I had the program scan the table for the condition; if found, process; if not found (end-of-file), go back to the beginning-of-file and look for the next condition. Eight searches instead of 1000. The report ran in a few minutes, and I looked like a genius.
Until they laid me off, of course.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:08 AM (+YA9H)
As I used to sometimes tell my kids when they were growing up: "It's good to want things!"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:10 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 20, 2026 06:10 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:11 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)
As I used to sometimes tell my kids when they were growing up: "It's good to want things!"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:10 AM (O7YUW)
hahahahaha
Good Dad-line.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:13 AM (+YA9H)
I heard that in Ron Perlman's voice.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
........................................
Fallout, the old turn based game. The opening for it was one of the best ever. "War. War never changes". A nice little call back to that by Pixy!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 20, 2026 06:14 AM (DBYyp)
Mr. President, sir, you are under the delusion that these seventh-century fanatics are rational actors. They are not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
-
I don't think any deal will be made and Trump knows it.
US military assets continue to be moved into position. It's just a matter of time.
Carrier Gerald Ford is bringing up the rear.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2026 06:14 AM (NGAfI)
Bravo to Mr. Raudabaugh.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)
Mr. President, sir, you are under the delusion that these seventh-century fanatics are rational actors. They are not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
-
I don't think any deal will be made and Trump knows it.
US military assets continue to be moved into position. It's just a matter of time.
Carrier Gerald Ford is bringing up the rear.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2026 06:14 AM (NGAfI)
And he's flushing out the turncoats who are going to abscond.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:16 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)
Why haven't more Americans faced charges in the Epstein case?
The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office is dominating headlines in the US.
Yet some US lawmakers are asking why no Americans linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are under criminal investigation.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:19 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 06:20 AM (qFwJc)
https://tinyurl.com/4xyjt9m2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 06:22 AM (ELdpA)
https://tinyurl.com/mr35h5ka
There were funky Chynah men.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2026 06:25 AM (NGAfI)
——
Ya gotta admit that’s realistic training.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 06:26 AM (Boo5w)
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Bad Hombre
@Badhombre
12h
We took your game.
Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeau
You can't take our country - and you can't take our game.
The White House
@WhiteHouse
14h
GOLDEN GOAL!!! 🦅🥇
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:27 AM (+YA9H)
There's really nothing I can do about it except get a new phone number, but there's no guarantee a new phone number will help.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 20, 2026 06:28 AM (ESVrU)
Bad Hombre
@Badhombre
10h
That moment you realize the two dumbest people in Congress right now are Asian, completely defeating the stereotype.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:28 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026
***
I loved the solving-the-puzzles aspect of computer work. Probably the only time in my working career that I looked forward to going to the office; I often couldn't wait to get in and sit down with the latest challenge. As Thomas Harris observed, problem-solving is hunting, and we are born to it.
It didn't hurt that I was being paid better than I ever had been, and that I could usually go in early and leave early to avoid rush hours.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/3zvv2vsm
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2026 06:30 AM (ELdpA)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 06:32 AM (Boo5w)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 06:34 AM (qFwJc)
He's become pretty much "The Voice" of the Fallout universe, and he says he's never played the games, the only game he plays is Freecell Solitaire:
https://youtu.be/y4kEhGeTRBA
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:35 AM (O7YUW)
Phil Noble, a photographer with the Reuters news agency, ... snapped six photos: two showed the police, two were blank and one was out of focus.
But the remaining photo captured the former prince reclining in the back of the car, hands loosely clasped.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:41 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026
***
I got caught in the outsourcing/H1-B draft at the end of the '90s. If I had studied computer programming in college and gone into the field ca. 1976, I too might have had a solid and well-paid career for twenty-five years or more.
What was the beginning pay for a programmer generally in 1976?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 06:44 AM (BpO1e)
Funny how the old Foxpro (DBASE III, really) databases were what we consider tables today. :-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:44 AM (O7YUW)
"Man needs a hospital after trying to steal 3 pit bulls from owner"
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 06:45 AM (vFG9F)
1 John 2:15-17
Posted by: Marcus T at February 20, 2026 06:45 AM (kACBq)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:46 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:46 AM (+YA9H)
; )
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:47 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)
"Man needs a hospital after trying to steal 3 pit bulls from owner"
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 06:45 AM (vFG9F)
Needs a brain!
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:48 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 06:49 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 06:49 AM (vFG9F)
And when I have a dream, not only do I have a pony but I have Susan Anton as my wife looking like she did in the 70s. I think my odds are better than yours.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 06:51 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 20, 2026 06:51 AM (3fiCz)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 06:44 AM (BpO1e)
Takes my brain a minute to figure out the "Glooooorious" part.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:52 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026
***
Yeah, the punch cards were a big part of what deterred me from taking even one computer class. That, and the long hours I'd have had to spend on campus in the lab. My commute to school via bus was forty-five minutes each way. I wanted to spend as little time out there as I could.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m
It's the sarcasm font I used when I came up with that acronym.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 06:54 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026
***
It also, I suspect, is why the Dems can never use the correct term "republic" to refer to the U.S. Can't have voters linking "republic" and "Republican." So they hammer the word "democracy" to link to themselves.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)
Jimmy Carter inflation. After 9 months, I got a promotion and an 18% raise.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 06:57 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026 06:59 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Take a look at any known conservative on Wikipedia. They are "far right" "alt right" or "extreme right." To non-normal folks, you are not allowed to call someone right as G and R explained up above.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 07:00 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:02 AM (RIvkX)
In 1978, pay for a fresh graduate was $14,400 - $15,000 per year.
Jimmy Carter inflation. After 9 months, I got a promotion and an 18% raise.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2026
***
$300 gross a week? I'd have been in heaven. Would not have married wife no. 1, would have moved into my own apartment and gotten a good used car . . . and probably would have spent a lot of that income at the singles bars. Oh, well, maybe things worked out for the better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)
I'm just here for the twirling.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:02 AM (RIvkX)
25 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!
*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at February 20, 2026 05:13 AM (PzBTm)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:02 AM (+YA9H)
As if the "internet" was one, gigantic social-media site. Just more proof that stupid people should not be in a position to dictate policy.
Posted by: Halfhand at February 20, 2026 07:03 AM (XUxhu)
Posted by: Farquad at February 20, 2026 07:04 AM (CFMhl)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:28 AM (+YA9H)
====
Wait, wait, don't tell me. Maizie Hirono and Ted Lieu.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:11 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 20, 2026 07:12 AM (YoT4f)
Tomorrow I'll get my hair cut (yes, all of them). Sunday it will be quite a bit cooler and easier to exercise.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 07:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)
Had a co-worker that always said that joke. I finally replied with "Actually, in English the word 'hair' applies to the entirety of what is on the head just as 'fur' is the term applying to the coat on an animal." Put an end to it.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 07:14 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)
He's the guy Pixy linked. I'm checking out more of his stuff.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:14 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 06:28 AM (+YA9H)
====
M
Wait, wait, don't tell me. Maizie Hirono and Ted Lieu.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)
******
While I agree with your assessment, I suggest that they are not the two dumbest but: “two OF the dumbest” There’s a lot of competition for that trophy.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 20, 2026 07:16 AM (3fiCz)
Thank you, Pixy, for a rockin' Tech Thread!
26 degrees, blustery, about 3" of snow & still falling.
Thank you Rosasharn! now it's official!
Hollerith cards were better than the alternative.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 20, 2026 07:16 AM (sTSBN)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026
***
My last chairman at my penultimate job used to say that, but with a twinkle in the eye that said he *knew* it was a joke Noah probably told on the Ark.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 20, 2026 07:17 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 20, 2026 07:17 AM (dK+Kv)
Exactly.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:17 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 20, 2026 07:20 AM (sTSBN)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 20, 2026 07:22 AM (+J6xK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/LFu-mqS50PA
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:23 AM (+YA9H)
Wash that ass. They smell and are assholes.
Posted by: Smelly Welly at February 20, 2026 07:25 AM (hXJe5)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 20, 2026 07:25 AM (sTSBN)
Took a lot of restraint to avoid posting "Why do I care what lesser countries think of mine?"
Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2026 07:27 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/LFu-mqS50PA
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:23 AM (+YA9H)
I'm not sure if that's the platform you meant. First one I hit.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:30 AM (+YA9H)
====
And when it closes you are redirected to the archive site.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:17 AM (+YA9H)
lol, just saw your anonymity parallel.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 20, 2026 07:32 AM (dK+Kv)
USS Halsey (DDG-97). The second ship to be named after the Fleet Admiral.
He ranks lower than Spruance due to seamanship errors in two typhoons, and letting the IJN attack Leyte Gulf jeep carriers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2026 07:34 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 20, 2026 07:34 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)
It's very sad.
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:37 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 07:59 AM (+YA9H)
Yeah that's the one.
He walked right past Boy F.'s day program.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)
Thanks for the info, San Franpsycho! It looks like the mayor is making some pledges the past couple of day to get some of this cleaned up?
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 08:46 AM (+YA9H)
Much like how Google Mail was given for free - it costs them a bit, but all the emails to and from a GMail account are tracked on their servers, and they can crunch the data to get a heads-up on tech or other events.
So Gemini pulls everything it can because it can. And they have the processing and storage to keep track of just about everything. The storage is going to become a problem, of course - cruft over time in increasing amounts. But the access is the crown jewel, as everyone is freely volunteering their data right to Google.
They make it somewhat cheap (though there's the issue of volume) to better entice users to give up their work.
Posted by: Another Anon at February 20, 2026 10:09 AM (4h45B)
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - February 19, 2026 [Doof]
Photo from STEPH_Protect The 2A on X
Gold for the USA Women!
USA WOMEN’S HOCKEY WINS GOLD OVER CANADA!!🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/MLsJstEI5I
— Hunter Eagleman™ (@Hunter_Eagleman) February 19, 2026
This is super kewl!
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/I3Kdv9iwEp
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 20, 2026
The US Men's team is in the semi-finals. Game is tomorrow at approximately 3pm Eastern time. I'll be watching! Will you? ----- Just another day on the Democrat plantation!
Just another day… pic.twitter.com/NwPCxKoP7U
— Muva (@keibenet) February 18, 2026
*(Unofficial statistics provided by the accounting team at Doof Enterprises, LLC) ----- Close call for Florida Man! Jaguar F-Type Crashes Into Florida School Bus, Winds Up Jammed Underneath
It's nothing short of a miracle that everyone managed to survive a terrifying crash this week between a Jaguar F-Type convertible and a school bus. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, there were no students on the bus at the time of the crash. The bus driver suffered minor injuries, and the Jaguar driver was cited for following too closely. The crash occurred on Wednesday, February 18th, at around 8:50 a.m. A bystander captured the incident on video, which the police shared on social media. As the Jaguar rapidly approaches, the stopped yellow conveyance you can hear someone on the video say, “He’s going to hit the bus.” Not only did the low-slung sports car hit the bigger vehicle, but it became instantly wedged underneath it, with nearly the entire vehicle winding up beneath the school bus. There is no mention of any injuries to the Jaguar driver, so we have to assume they walked away unharmed. Which is remarkable when you review the video.Video at the link. Also here ----- Fast as lightning, and a little bit frightening? China Showcases ‘Kung Fu Robots’ at Spring Festival Gala. We May Be In Trouble
China’s annual Spring Festival Gala featured an eye-catching performance this year, with dancing humanoid kung fu robots taking the spotlight. The robots lunged, spun, backflipped, and even performed kung fu routines without falling. The show highlighted how far Chinese robotics companies have advanced, especially in developing what many online viewers quickly dubbed “kung fu robots.” These kung fu robots were designed by several Chinese robotics firms and performed alongside human dancers. Compared to last year’s lunar new year broadcast, where robot movements were simpler—mostly walking, twisting, and basic kicks—this year’s machines showed more complex coordination and balance. Online clips of the performance spread quickly, drawing attention both inside and outside China.Video segment at the link. Obligatory "not related, yet somehow related"
Maryland Governor Wes Moore may be the biggest political charlatan in modern history.
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) February 19, 2026
Stolen valor, fake thesis, fake doctorate, fake football awards, fake family history, fake everything.
Meet Wes Moore - the George Santos of Tim Walz’s.
pic.twitter.com/9pqyed3rVY
from thisdayinmusic.com 1980, AC/DC’s frontman and lyricist, Bon Scott, died at the age of 33. One of the greatest vocalists in hard rock, Scott joined AC/DC in 1974, not long before the Australian band recorded their debut, High Voltage. Over the next six years, Scott would perform on seven albums with AC/DC, including their 1979 masterpiece, Highway to Hell.
1982, Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio, Texas for urinating on the cenotaph at the Alamo, which honors the Alamo defenders. Osbourne was wearing a dress at the time of his arrest, (due to his wife Sharon hiding all his clothes so he couldn't go outside). Osbourne was banned from ever playing in San Antonio, Texas again, (a ban which was lifted in 1992).
2004, Johnny Cash's family blocked an attempt by advertisers to use his hit song 'Ring of Fire' to promote haemorrhoid-relief products. The idea is said to have been backed by Merle Kilgore, who co-wrote the song with Cash's wife, June Carter Cash. Cash's daughter Rosanne said the family "would never allow the song to be demeaned like that."
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2026 10:00 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: purely an academic question at February 19, 2026 10:00 PM (F/35S)
Posted by: mindful webworker is here at February 19, 2026 10:01 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 19, 2026 10:02 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Madge at February 19, 2026 10:02 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at February 19, 2026 10:02 PM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Y'gotta want it, practice a lot, and it's all in the wrist.
Posted by: mindful webworker - eleven hours a day for three years, minimum, at February 19, 2026 10:02 PM (oq2IS)
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Pfft. Klaus Meine says, hold my bier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:03 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Deja whuh? at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (oq2IS)
"How closely?"
"About negative twelve feet."
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mindful webworker is here at February 19, 2026 10:01 PM (oq2IS)
And the quality of the Thursday ONTs has...???
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (PMi3m)
As more and more drugs are released, the odds go up.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:05 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:05 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Deja whuh? at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (oq2IS)
Only if you clicked on the link in my comment earlier. I'm allowed to repeat myself!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (PMi3m)
Isn't that difficult in a hazmat suit?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: TRex - olympic reject dino at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
To reach remote areas to help high school students take the college entrance exams, Japan launches WISH High. For $65 a month students will be tutored by VTubers in subjects like English, math, and chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVs_t6I5DLI
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (VspXe)
I gave that up for the complimentary waffle bar and orange juice from a powder.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:07 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: TRex - olympic reject dino at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Howdy and thanks, Dino!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 10:07 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
Does anyone really know what time it is?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:08 PM (S/Y4j)
Please to assure everything you see from the CCP is a lie. Their robotics is a lie and ripoff and fake. This is known.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Below the fold has a better but it must have confused people.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:08 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:09 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
The judges would have also accepted an Indiana Jones sock.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)
http://tiny.cc/ec7z001
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 10:09 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 10:09 PM (Cjcf6)
Butter, lots of butter and salt, yeah, that's it. bbl
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:10 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 10:10 PM (viF8m)
That video, wow. How do you drive like you're in a coma but react in a split second to not get your head sheared off?
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 10:10 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
The judges would have also accepted an Indiana Jones sock.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)
I call shotgun!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)
Considering China...anyone cut one open on stage and prove it's just plastic and metal?
Posted by: RandomDave at February 19, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: mindful webworker - close call at February 19, 2026 10:11 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Yes! Related: I wish many of the old women at church would quit sharing about their experience with Estradiol.
Apparently, I have a sign on my forehead that flashes "Tell Me.".
Wow.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2026 10:11 PM (cYBz/)
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I just can't get over the fact that there are still Jaguar drivers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:11 PM (+HNx/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjjKqJhBkdY
"Betrayal five!" -- The Todd
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 19, 2026 10:12 PM (VspXe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:12 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:12 PM (41CYW)
Nevertheless -- I have repeatedly been tackled by an uncloseable ad recently when refreshing the main page. I have to click back and hit refresh. Sometimes 2 or 3 times.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
I think the proper method is to fly a twenty-dollar drone into the back of one of their heads.
This will make that robot think the one behind it sucker-punched it, causing it to retaliate, and will eventually lead to a giant robot brawl.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)
You can still call down to the front desk for a wake up call. But you're going to be late for your meeting.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)
I pity the ghost.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Colours at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (oftw2)
I'm glad you guys do my taxes
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (8i9Vv)
I enjoy the content and yet I also lurk and occasionally comment. Does that mean I'm binary?
Great photo up top.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: mindful webworker - honestly at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (FXNzP)
This will make that robot think the one behind it sucker-punched it, causing it to retaliate, and will eventually lead to a giant robot brawl.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)
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What are the odds they've been programmed with Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Corona_Exile at February 19, 2026 10:15 PM (UE0CA)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 19, 2026 10:12 PM (VspXe)
Nope!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (S/Y4j)
Hazmat suit?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Wally at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (0e5Te)
I'm glad you guys do my taxes
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (8i9Vv)
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I hear their services come with a free rectal exam courtesy of the IRS.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skeptical In NC at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:12 PM (41CYW)
Hey there, Doggo!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:06 PM (S/Y4j)
Hazmat suit?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (PMi3m)
You mean they already cleaned up all the sewage DC dumped into the Potomac?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:17 PM (FXNzP)
https://youtu.be/kcJttmB61j8?si=ZHzTISBH7ePqrrZY&t=404
drug names as wizard names
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:18 PM (2GVsD)
I'm glad you guys do my taxes
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (8i9Vv)
Lurleen hasn't sent your paperwork yet!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 19, 2026 10:18 PM (VspXe)
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All glory to Ahura Mazda. Amen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:18 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Shoulder To Shoulder, Backs To The Wall.... at February 19, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2)
I enjoy the content and yet I also lurk and occasionally comment. Does that mean I'm binary?
Great photo up top.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 19, 2026 10:14 PM (kB9dk)
You passed lurker status a long time ago. So that makes you non-binary!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)
Y'gotta want it, practice a lot, and it's all in the wrist.
Posted by: mindful webworker
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I got first last night.... my wrist is killing me today!!!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 19, 2026 10:19 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:20 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)
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Wanna ride in a 737MAX?
Posted by: Boeing at February 19, 2026 10:20 PM (+HNx/)
It was about as disorienting as being cast into the barrel.
I think it worked differently back then.
Posted by: mindful webworker - yesterday is ancient history now at February 19, 2026 10:21 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 19, 2026 10:21 PM (VspXe)
Posted by: Skeptical In NC at February 19, 2026 10:16 PM (oftw2)
If there's an AI platform that can generate an ONT for me AND format it correctly, please to be pointing it out to me!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Diogenes
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Bummed I couldn't watch it live but awesome that won!
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:22 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 19, 2026 10:22 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: PaleRider at February 19, 2026 10:23 PM (Sokdp)
Posted by: Mr. Magoo at February 19, 2026 10:23 PM (oftw2)
Not looking forward to the four month recovery time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2026 10:00 PM (n9ltV)
Some number of years ago, I used to battle Hrothgar and Zettai for first on ONTs almost nightly.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof
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Lol... underrated comment - formatting battle.
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:24 PM (41CYW)
Angie Craig
@RepAngieCraig
Last night the memorial for Renee Good was set on fire and destroyed.
Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her. This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.
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Wait. Arson is bad now?!!! When did that happen?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:24 PM (FXNzP)
Please we need a ginormous Carrignton Event to zorch all the planetary electronics.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)
That was a very impressive rush and shot. Not just for a woman but for a hockey player.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 10:24 PM (viF8m)
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The big STOP sign probably threw him off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:25 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Michael Scott at February 19, 2026 10:25 PM (GI9/m)
But torching Renee 'Kamikaze Karen' Good's memorial is bad?
Do I have this correct Leftist trools?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:25 PM (2GVsD)
@RepAngieCraig
Last night the memorial for Renee Good was set on fire and destroyed.
Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her. This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.
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Thanks for the well- needed laugh.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:25 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
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As a fellow COB, I'm curious what you use to compose your ONTs...
I use Notepad and compose the Sunday Morning Book Threads in HTML and then copy/paste into the AoSHQ blog engine.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (YwEeS)
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I just can't get over the fact that there are still Jaguar drivers.
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I agree--it's rare that Jaguars run at all.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)
It was actually Maryland that dumped the sewage, but you don't need to worry too much about it if you have a strong constitution and take your vitamins. Just wash your hands afterwards.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 10:27 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 19, 2026 10:27 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
By the ancient codes of combat, Alberta is now ours
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 10:28 PM (rbvCR)
Not looking forward to the four month recovery time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Angle grinders and dremels are on sale at Harbor Freight.
Posted by: Promo code:15% at February 19, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (hJH5n)
Metropolish (it' super, man)
Spanakopita (savory)
Xareltoh (a Green Lantern villain)
Emflagriozin (of the Shire hobbits)
Scoobydoobitol (were it not for those darn kids!)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and Biothine the White Ranger at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: tankdemon
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obviously did not check with weather.com who issued a small craft advisory.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (4jnK3)
Could be worse. I'm 3 weeks into 9 months of recovery.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)
@RepAngieCraig
Last night the memorial for Renee Good was set on fire and destroyed.
Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her. This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.
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Renee's family has mourned her for a very long time...including the last several years of her adulthood. They know the score. Its unlikely they were making daily trips to the memorial.
I'm sorry she passed. I'm also sorry she was proudfully sinful, and brought about her own passing. RIP.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 10:30 PM (Cjcf6)
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The big STOP sign probably threw him off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:25 PM (+HNx/)
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To be fair, those flashing red lights are set to a pace that triggers seizures.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)
The idea is that you get 4 days in the wild to locate, track, tranquilizer, and put an ear tag on a polar bear. Scoring is based on elapsed time, with bonuses for shot distance, the size of the bear, and penalties for the number of tags already on the bear. Using bait, other than yourself, is prohibited.
Do you think that might be worth watching?
Should it be old school, and require killing the bear with stone spears? How many spears should be allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:30 PM (S/Y4j)
I use Notepad and compose the Sunday Morning Book Threads in HTML and then copy/paste into the AoSHQ blog engine.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (ESVrU)
WordPerfect for MS-DOS
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
Funny!
Would have been funnier if they just drove over it, though.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:18 PM (2GVsD)
David Drake may have done this first in a fantasy short story where the elves were named after prescription psychiatric meds.
One of the elves bitched about C-rations, claiming that they could have at least served Chicken Marengo as that was bona fide campaign food.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 10:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
By the ancient codes of combat, Alberta is now ours
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 10:28 PM (rbvCR)
Well...Damn.
I was hoping for Vancouver Island.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
The world is a better place without Renee Good.
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In Renee's last state, you are entirely correct. Any human that is ready to drive a car over a law enforcement officer deserves her fate.
I wish there were a way to prosecute those who were responsible for motivating this low-IQ individual into doing those things.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 10:32 PM (Cjcf6)
In the fall of 1992 it was announced that Ozzy would play Freeman Coliseum. Why there? It was county property, not city, so it got around the ban. But Ozzy was a gent. He met with then Mayor Nelson Wolff and donated $10K to the Daughters of the Republican of Texas, then the keepers of the Alamo.
And on Thursday, 1 October 1992, he kicked ass in what was my first concert.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:32 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)
“In Renee's last state, you are entirely correct. Any human that is ready to drive a car over a law enforcement officer deserves her fate.”
Well, over…anybody. Cop or not.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:33 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:32 PM (hJH5n)
Kewl!!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (ESVrU)
WordPerfect for MS-DOS
Posted by: Doof
Wow
So vintage
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 19, 2026 10:34 PM (4jnK3)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 19, 2026 10:18 PM
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Howdy! Just here to support the team, coach.
Posted by: TRex - low key under the radar dino at February 19, 2026 10:34 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (+HNx/)
No one deserves to die, but she worked extra hard to earn hers
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 10:32 PM (Cjcf6)
No. Only because there is still free will. If there was no such thing as the concept of free will, I’d agree.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (ESVrU)
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They were human. I've been involved with projects that interested others more intensely than the project interested me. At some point, attention wanders.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (Cjcf6)
CNN anchors luge
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD)
CNN target holder for the Biathlon.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 19, 2026 10:27 PM (ftFVW)
I went with that video because that song with Randy Rhoads is in the upper echelon of early 80s rock.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
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As a fellow COB, I'm curious what you use to compose your ONTs...
I use Notepad and compose the Sunday Morning Book Threads in HTML and then copy/paste into the AoSHQ blog engine.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (ESVrU)
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Whatever. You post when we say.
Posted by: the hamsters at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (1whRW)
The Jaguar driver was medically cleared at the scene, then walked home. He was arrested for domestic violence two hours later.
I'm starting to wonder if it was his car. Rogue parking valet?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (5ZzAK)
So vintage
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 19, 2026 10:34 PM (4jnK3)
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You should see the blog engine we have to work with!
Vintage tools are the only way to get stuff done in there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (ESVrU)
I have seen a bus at 0 dark 30 framed by so many flashing lights of different colors that it looked like a roadside attraction and completely drowned out the bus itself. That was frightening in retrospect.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)
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Prolly some homeless people were just trying to keep warm.
Heartless of them to complain about THAT!
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Doof
Wow
So vintage
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 19, 2026 10:34 PM (4jnK3)
Yes. Both the word processing software and me.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 19, 2026 10:37 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:35 PM (ESVrU)
Ooh, you need to see this
Ants Summon Humans
youtu.be/hEf_Sdio0Hk
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 10:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:18 PM (+HNx/)
All praise and hail Schlürpo.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:38 PM (hJH5n)
Mikaela Shiffrin took in the moment and sang the words when the flag was raised at her medal ceremony. Lovely.
I think we are one of very few countries anymore who know the words to our national anthem. People from other countries recognize it as well; and at a hockey game in Canada a year ago the mic went out on the singer and the Canadians sang with the Americans. That's wild!
I will be hoping and watching the USA Men. Because THEY are probably not ghey; and I will always remember the team in 1980.
Plus I simply love men more (and 'ette's and a few girlfriends, and one SIL). Plus my DIL's and granddaughters the best). Where was I?
Oh, I read this tonight to share of when the USA men beat Denmark. What they did after the game...that's the USA we're proud of.
I hope they win GOLD!They've already won hearts. XXXX
https://tinyurl.com/pubdzbjs
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 10:38 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (+HNx/)
No one deserves to die, but she worked extra hard to earn hers
Posted by: Kindltot
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There is a place where, 'yer askin' for it', applies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1whRW)
Scrubs is pretty freaking funny. And not really far from how residents see themselves. Too bad the medical community destroyed all credibility in the past 6 years.
Fun show.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:39 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:39 PM (S/Y4j)
Vintage tools are the only way to get stuff done in there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (ESVrU)
The post authoring engine here certainly build character!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:40 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof
Oh, that solo is epic! Was considering suggesting it to my middle little hobbit as an aspirational thing to learn on guitar. Lately it's been all Pantera and Megadeath.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 19, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (5ZzAK)
Go Finland.
Mom was half Finnish. Dad used to ask when she would be all Finnish. Dad had a muldoon-like sense of humor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 19, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Vintage tools are the only way to get stuff done in there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I suspect the hamsters use vacuum tubes
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 19, 2026 10:40 PM (4jnK3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD)
This is from the "Hot Air" site:
https://tinyurl.com/5ebbjyhd
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 10:41 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Appreciate the kind words!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 10:42 PM (XeU6L)
Ants Summon Humans
youtu.be/hEf_Sdio0Hk
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 10:38 PM (rbvCR)
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Whoa. I've never thought of it that way...Pretty disturbing.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:43 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 10:36 PM (5ZzAK)
I want Canada. I want the Canadians to anticipate getting the gold right up to the moment the Americans take it from them and adorn it around their necks. It will crush that country worse than anything.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:43 PM (hJH5n)
Musk has been working on AI for at least as long as robots. He's already gone way down the road with autonomous cars and he is constantly posting on X about the dangers of AI if it isn't done properly.
Not to say he is going to do it perfectly but I think he is very aware of the danger. Personally, I'm glad I grew up in the analog world. The brave new world does absolutely nothing for me.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
Vintage tools are the only way to get stuff done in there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I used 30% Notepad, 50% live in the hamster software, and 20% colorful language. Percentages varied by Bacardi consumption.
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:43 PM (41CYW)
Scrubs is pretty freaking funny. And not really far from how residents see themselves. Too bad the medical community destroyed all credibility in the past 6 years.
Fun show.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:39 PM (A5RD0)
Do you watch St. Denis Medical? It's very much like The Office, set in a hospital / ER. Really good show!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:44 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 10:44 PM (Cjcf6)
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No. Loosing to the Fins will crush them.
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 10:44 PM (5ZzAK)
Posted by: Rex B at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 19, 2026 10:37 PM (DK5Sh)
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Wouldn't surprise me.
I'm pretty sure he's an afficionado of science fiction.
He's trying harder than almost anyone else to make it a reality.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (ESVrU)
Vintage tools are the only way to get stuff done in there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I used 30% Notepad, 50% live in the hamster software, and 20% colorful language. Percentages varied by Bacardi consumption.
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:43 PM (41CYW)
You forgot the % for "call Doof for a lifeline"!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: mindful webworker - will it work? Let's see... at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (oq2IS)
Their circuits were fad as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightening
But these robots had expert timing
Oh oha ohhhh!
Oh oha ohhhh!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (46za5)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (DK5Sh)
I’ve been slowly going through the entire original Star Trek recorded from broadcast. In one of the earlier episodes one of the Enterprise officers described an alien technology as very primitive. “They still use transistors.”
Meanwhile, a previous episode—maybe even the same one—showed that the circuitry of the Enterprise still used vacuum tubes.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 10:46 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
My kayak is NOT a small craft.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 10:46 PM (PMi3m)
Vintage tools are the only way to get stuff done in there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I used 30% Notepad, 50% live in the hamster software, and 20% colorful language. Percentages varied by Bacardi consumption.
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:43 PM (41CYW)
I may need to get more sleep. I mistook "in the hamster software" for "in the hamster cage."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:46 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:43 PM (41CYW)
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That last 20% is absolutely crucial for a quality post.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:46 PM (ESVrU)
Good for them!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:47 PM (Kufnr)
Their voices were steady but unpolished.
They did not attempt to project like performers.
They sang like teammates.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:47 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Hampster. Please. Pay attention.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:48 PM (Kufnr)
Their voices were steady but unpolished.
They did not attempt to project like performers.
They sang like teammates.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:47 PM (1whRW)
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Sounds like an excerpt from "The Grinch Stole the Olympics."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 10:48 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
My kayak is NOT a small craft.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Whatever dude....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
My job and my mom's current health state are the main things keeping me (and Doof-lady) here.
I'm working on the job thing.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:49 PM (QMAsf)
WTF???
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:49 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Hampster. Please. Pay attention.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:48 PM (Kufnr)
Be nice, or I might look up the Hampster Dance for you (grin).
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:50 PM (S/Y4j)
@RepAngieCraig
Last night the memorial for Renee Good was set on fire and destroyed.
Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her. This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.
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Wait. Arson is bad now?!!! When did that happen?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:24 PM (FXNzP)
Maybe you shouldn't have built it out of straw, paper flowers, and half-huffed cans of starting fluid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:50 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Doof
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Accurate. The Doof Support Hotline - 24/7, minimal hold time, would call again.
Posted by: scampydog at February 19, 2026 10:51 PM (41CYW)
I hope Muva gets seen by billions of people. She's very pretty.
Love to you all as I need to go be productive in something and be good.
Speaking of Good, and I know this is not nice at all, the memorial shindig by U2...why don't they use her last photo? Which is probably more true to her life and cause? Vs the hetero Good photo when she was probably married? She did not look like that protesting. I think lesbos should protest this! lipstick lesbian fakery.
I will now return to being mostly good.
Dedicated to ICE:
https://tinyurl.com/2ebmpexv
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 10:51 PM (WONhk)
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Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 10:51 PM (gKWVE)
I'm working on the job thing.
Posted by: Doof
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Completely understand.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 10:26 PM (+HNx/)
One might even Good Riddance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:52 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:53 PM (2GVsD)
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=W6FuMu0lNj8
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:54 PM (2GVsD)
From Goodreads:
"A car accident in Japan. A drowning in Seoul. A home invasion in Boston.Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence. Is it a tech company trying to eliminate the competition or is it something even more sinister? After all, artificial intelligence may be the deadliest battlefield gamechanger since the creation of gunpowder."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 10:54 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Doof
Oh, that solo is epic! Was considering suggesting it to my middle little hobbit as an aspirational thing to learn on guitar. Lately it's been all Pantera and Megadeath.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 19, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)
Definitely worthwhile. It would be a lot easier today to learn it with the internet, and tabs, and you tube vids compared to when it first came out. I had to learn it by ear, on vinyl, and by lifting the needle every 5 seconds (in the snow, barefoot, both ways, lol). Nobody knew how to play it, there was nobody to ask, nobody had a clue.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)
Johnny Cash was flat out good. I wonder how many under 29s only know of him from his cover of "Hurt"?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 10:56 PM (Kc+Vz)
Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her. This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.
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I wonder what they thought when lightening struck the George Floyd 'memorial'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 10:57 PM (XeU6L)
I'm pretty sure he's an afficionado of science fiction.
He's trying harder than almost anyone else to make it a reality.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Chinese are trying to make killers while he is trying to help humanity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 10:57 PM (1whRW)
And a ring of fire? Well, it depends which side it's on.
(And the song is supposed to be sung by his wife. She sang it about him - because he was a bad boy.)
Posted by: GWB at February 19, 2026 10:57 PM (02Em6)
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this one time, somebody cut and pasted the entire thread- content, comments, everything- into their comment box and hit post
boy, we had a chuckle at that one
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage! at February 19, 2026 10:58 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 10:59 PM (XeU6L)
@bxieus
14m
Recently, in Shaanxi China, a robot suddenly went out of control while performing a dance, collapsing and convulsing. It accidentally kicked an operator in the face, causing injury.
>>
It's Pris thrashing on the floor in Blade Runner.
https://x.com/bxieus/status/
2024690352255381680
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2026 10:59 PM (hK7/g)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
Does anyone really know what time it is?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:08 PM (S/Y4j)
It’s not late, no, no!
It’s just a early, early, early!
Posted by: Spin Doctors at February 19, 2026 11:00 PM (JRP2U)
boy, we had a chuckle at that one
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage! at February 19, 2026 10:58 PM (ZxPkt)
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This is exactly why we can't have nice things around here.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 11:01 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 11:02 PM (PMi3m)
Meanwhile, a previous episode—maybe even the same one—showed that the circuitry of the Enterprise still used vacuum tubes.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 10:46 PM (EXyHK)
Transistors are still the fundamental operational units of microchips.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:02 PM (8zz6B)
I just saw the video of Doocy asking Trump about obama's alien comments. Trump says he's in trouble for disclosing classified material. Doocy's last follow up is to point out that the President can declassify anything he wants to, and Trump said he might have to declassify it all to get him out of trouble.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
Does anyone really know what time it is?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:08 PM (S/Y4j)
It’s not late, no, no!
It’s just a early, early, early!
Posted by: Spin Doctors
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Too Much Time on My Hands.
Posted by: Styx at February 19, 2026 11:02 PM (41CYW)
Who's writing the prompts? If it's Skyebrows the dead people are gonna know all the memes.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 11:02 PM (uorZf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 11:03 PM (8EgcX)
I'm working on the job thing.
Posted by: Doof
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Sometimes things are just shit.
It will work out. Hang in there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:03 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 19, 2026 11:04 PM (zuIfz)
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What a piece of crap Bono is. He's always been that way, but for him to seek ZERO context for what occurred with that bitch is infuriating.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:04 PM (Cjcf6)
Made that joke earlier today. Of course the Canadians will cheat, they are afraid they will be added to MAID if they lose.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
My kayak is NOT a small craft.
Posted by: tankdemon
***********
Whatever dude....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 19, 2026 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
OUCH!
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 11:05 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (viF8m)
Personally, I'm glad I grew up in the analog world. The brave new world does absolutely nothing for me.
Posted by: JackStraw
I believe I would be perfectly satisfied with 1966 technology.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:39 PM (A5RD0)
Do you watch St. Denis Medical? It's very much like The Office, set in a hospital / ER. Really good show!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:44 PM (QMAsf)
.........................
I'm still here and not being productive!
I loved Scrubs, ER, and some of House. HATED Grey's Anatomy because of the star, who looks like she washes her face with used kitty litter. I just don't like her at all and can't remember her name.
Will look for St. Denis Medical. I do get annoyed,and I am sure Nurse does as well, when I see IV sticks. With the method they use they'd go straight through the vein and into muscle. Which in today's medical world might be ok.
I learned to be a lab tech in college summer jobs in hospitals. A vampire waking patients at 0600 to drain them. Phlebotomy. I looked to be 16yrs old but at that hour no one questioned me.
Then worked in a blood bank, and those needles are the size of nails (don't look!).
So starting an IV or giving injections I nailed it in nursing school while others got the vapors. Give me any vein and I can start an IV and do it without pain, or that's what they told me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (qgHp7)
Reminds me of the video where the guy was training a robot by having it mirror what he did. He kicked his leg out, the robot followed suit, and hit him in the junk.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (uorZf)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 11:07 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Canadia beat the pants off France.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk)
EMTs start a line like Ahab making the final stab at Moby Dick.
Of course, they figure if they are called in you are already screaming, so they don't need the delicate technique.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 19, 2026 11:04 PM (zuIfz)
There are some pretty good off-drivable cliffs here in Arizona. But he'll have to provide his own car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM (8zz6B)
To Do List:
1. Buy an axe. 2. Name it Kindness. 3. Kill people with Kindness.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM (MZ+PY)
*finds a seat in the upper deck*
*ponders*
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (qgHp7)
Yo!
Come on down to the mezzanine level. Drinks on me and free hot dogs!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:10 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)
***********
I mean, how many sassy black millionaire women can there be in Little Rhodey.
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:11 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 11:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Doof
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Take that to heart, a polite expression.
You do not want to receive CBD's expression.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:12 PM (1whRW)
Neighborhood full of tiny houses?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
Must've been a hell of a fire. Warmed my heart all the way to NoVa.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 11:12 PM (NCTxa)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
Which reminds me of this historic goal, and even better call by the one and only Rick Jeanneret:
https://shorturl.at/U55J6
Posted by: browndog returns for in season hockey at February 19, 2026 11:12 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 11:13 PM (bss/y)
Me too. Obviously, I love this place and some of the stuff technology has made possible but overall I like the old world stuff better.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:13 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Diogenes
*******
Hey sir, good to see you. Possibility of a break in The Curious Disappearance next week. I'll send you an e-mail tomorrow with details.
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:13 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Kindltot
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During a recent surgery, I'm convinced that they handled me like a side of beef while I was out. All sorts of superficial aches and pains afterwards.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 11:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM
****
Mr. Deal!! Good to see you here again. Been too long.
Posted by: TRex - barrel avoidant dino at February 19, 2026 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:13 PM (qgHp7)
I'll look for it!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 11:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 11:14 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Jesse Jackson at February 19, 2026 11:14 PM (NCTxa)
Reminds me of the video where the guy was training a robot by having it mirror what he did. He kicked his leg out, the robot followed suit, and hit him in the junk.
Posted by: Ian S.
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One Chinesium suspended from its cranial went nuts violently flailing arms and legs. The operators barely made it safe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:14 PM (1whRW)
Use the shorter YouTube link provided by clicking the share button. Copy, paste, and remove the question mark and everything after it.
Such as...
https://youtu.be/tA9gqa5adB4
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 11:15 PM (QMAsf)
197 Recommended read, 'The Chaos Agent', Greaney.
From Goodreads:
"A car accident in Japan. A drowning in Seoul. A home invasion in Boston.Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence. Is it a tech company trying to eliminate the competition or is it something even more sinister? After all, artificial intelligence may be the deadliest battlefield gamechanger since the creation of gunpowder."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 10:54
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China.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 11:15 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)
Don't forget to attach it to a barb wire wrapped flaming pineapple. Its the law. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 11:07 PM (QMAsf)
Some URLs are more than seven feet. Ask Buddy Wasisname:
https://youtu.be/FBkVJg5J3iE
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:15 PM (8zz6B)
Angie Craig
@RepAngieCraig
Last night the memorial for Renee Good was set on fire and destroyed.
Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her. This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.
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Wait. Arson is bad now?!!! When did that happen?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
People mourn in there own ways. Maybe some Vikings showed up. It is Minnesota.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 11:15 PM (yKhjs)
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Hmm. And yet, I've been craving a '69 Z-28.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 11:07 PM (QMAsf)
This is about me, isn't it?
I use that tinyurl thingie. Is that correct? Am I blowing up something?
I was once in the famous barrel and at least there's a bar.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (viF8m)
That was great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9)
****
Mr. Deal!! Good to see you here again. Been too long.
Posted by: TRex - barrel avoidant dino at February 19, 2026 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)
This!! Howdy Mr. Deal!!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 19, 2026 11:04 PM (zuIfz)
There are some pretty good off-drivable cliffs here in Arizona. But he'll have to provide his own car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:08 PM (8zz6B)
He can always use the one in Alaska for the 4th of July. I don't know if tcn would want him there, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:17 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (XeU6L)
Better music out of the AM radio too.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 11:18 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 11:14 PM (uQzkA)
Because he's just another musician asshole "artist" who thinks people give a flying fuck about what he has to say.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:19 PM (snZF9)
If I click on the share button in YT, the URL is even longer.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
The question mark and everything after it is not needed
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 11:19 PM (QMAsf)
I woke up with a large bruise on my left bicep that wasn't there going in.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)
*finds a seat in the upper deck*
*ponders*
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:06 PM (qgHp7)
Have you tried ruminating?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 11:20 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Arguably '66 technology, perhaps I could buy an indulgence...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 11:20 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 11:20 PM (PMi3m)
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Cud you be more specific?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:20 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
Everything after the question mark is tracking info, you can remove the question mark and everything after it. Even shorter, you can remove the "https://" also.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)
It was actually Maryland that dumped the sewage, but you don't need to worry too much about it if you have a strong constitution and take your vitamins. Just wash your hands afterwards.
Posted by: tankdemon
How soon with those snakehead fish mutate into monsters and start eating the locals? I'll have to buy more ammo I guess. The Potomac is a bit too close to me. Must do it before CIA Barbie and her merry band of marxists ban all the boom thingys and tax everything else.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 11:21 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 19, 2026 11:21 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 11:21 PM (NCTxa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
But you can delete the middle question mark, and all that follows, just as I did at 256. All that crap is a tracker for Ewetoob.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:22 PM (8zz6B)
https://tinyurl.com/2ebmpexv
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Do you remember, did you see, (this is on the wayback machine) a video exposition of the song on SNL back when the song was new, of a blonde in white with a shotgun?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:22 PM (1whRW)
Given all the weirdos in the Brit royal family Andrew is surely not the oddest formerly known as Prince.
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:22 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:22 PM (S/Y4j)
*ponders*
Posted by: muldoon
Better that, than finding an upper decker on the seat
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 11:23 PM (NCTxa)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:23 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 19, 2026 11:20 PM (PMi3m)
Cogitating and mulling are on the agenda, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:24 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk)
A bar!!!???
Sheesh!
You kids today.
Back in the old days, the barrel had no bar. In fact the only joy was finding old gum under the squeaky chair that still had some flavor in it.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 11:24 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:23 PM (Cqx++)
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Not the Craw.
THE CRAW!!
Posted by: The Craw at February 19, 2026 11:24 PM (+HNx/)
Nope. It wasn't you.
It was gkwve.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2026 11:24 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:25 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 11:21 PM (NCTxa)
Mine too. I love their name though. It sounds right when I say fuck U2.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 11:21 PM (NCTxa)
This!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:25 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tankdemon
*******
Hmm. Cud you let me chew on that for a bit?
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:25 PM (qgHp7)
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I enjoyed the first 3 albums.
They couldn't or didn't express their stupidity during that time.
Since then, they've been pointless and gay.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:25 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Never heard of her before today but I saw her family's backstory. She seems to be the exact opposite of the woman who sold out to the CCP.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:25 PM (viF8m)
??? Took a couple of days to remember... they didn't sedate me until I was in the OR. Asshoe anesthesiologist hit the juice all at once with no warning and it felt like I was being stung by something HUGE.
Sitting up and screaming "OW! Son of a b...!" was the last thing I remember. Guess I *dropped* onto the side rails. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
A bar!!!???
Sheesh!
You kids today.
Back in the old days, the barrel had no bar. In fact the only joy was finding old gum under the squeaky chair that still had some flavor in it.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Yes, things have changed.
_Foo Foo
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:26 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Hey, backatchyoo! Life gets in the way sometimes.
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:26 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 19, 2026 11:26 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)
If I had a penny for every time in my 40 year career at NASA I saw the organizational, culture, meeting dynamics, team dynamics, and management browbeating problems described in the report, I'd be the richest man on Earth today.
NASA will never change.
And with that, I'm in and out for tonight. Sweet dreams, everyone.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 11:26 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:27 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:27 PM (2GVsD)
New British Ad?
Nothing sucks like an Electrolux, except Bono with U2.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:29 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: tankdemon
*******
Hmm. Cud you let me chew on that for a bit?
Posted by: muldoon
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Don't be cowed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 11:29 PM (XeU6L)
Given all the weirdos in the Brit royal family Andrew is surely not the oddest formerly known as Prince.
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I know you were looking for a punchline (and good for you, I enjoy those too), but IF there were EVER any reason for the monarchy to exist, it would be RIGHT THIS MOMENT when King Charles would announce he was going to save his country and restore it to its rightful place.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:29 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)
During a recent surgery, I'm convinced that they handled me like a side of beef while I was out. All sorts of superficial aches and pains afterwards.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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Seconded
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:30 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Never heard of her before today but I saw her family's backstory. She seems to be the exact opposite of the woman who sold out to the CCP.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:25 PM (viF8m)
Absolutely. Mrs B loves watching skating. She keeps up with it. I had this chick's back story before the olympics even started, lol. I'm glad she won. She was retired for a few years, missed it, came back and has been kicking ass. She loves to skate, and thats why she won. Didn't give a shit if she won or lost, she just loves to skate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:31 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 19, 2026 11:32 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 19, 2026 11:21 PM (ceJ0R)
Please check in more often. Got it??
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 11:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 11:33 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Catholics have long names at February 19, 2026 11:33 PM (gKWVE)
Nothing sucks like an Electrolux, except Bono with U2.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
How about ADM Kirby?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:35 PM (Cqx++)
Given all the weirdos in the Brit royal family Andrew is surely not the oddest formerly known as Prince.
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Andrew is taking a hit for the team.
Time is ripe for someone to put Charles in the tower.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:35 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 19, 2026 11:35 PM (ceJ0R)
It's probably the best possible way to handle senpai noticing you and not liking it. The parade of small Vtubers was fun, I was just watching some of Keen's content earlier (he's the guy with the snazzy pirate avatar/model).
Did you look at the AI music video I posted at #196?
Yeah. It's well done, but it demonstrates why Skye wisely limits the duration of the ban(ne)d shots: when they go on too long dorks like myself start screaming "that's not how musical instruments work!".
Also, Leaflit's "Put Them In The Box" is the AOSHQ national anthem.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 11:35 PM (JbzBI)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 19, 2026 11:32 PM (jrgJz)
Interesting perspective!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2026 11:35 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Gavin Newsome at February 19, 2026 11:36 PM (NCTxa)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:36 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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Seconded
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:30 PM (1whRW)
I thought after my surgery I would look and feel like I fell out of an airplane. Nothing, nothing at all. For the first day I wasn't convinced I survived. I thought it might be dream. I felt no pain, none, zip, nada. I had a bunch of scars from where they needed to go, but nothing else. I was shocked. I'm still shocked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: nckate
Neither can the Irish.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 11:37 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot
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Yeah, I figure if someone is too lazy or unconcerned to use a url shortener whatever they are linking to is not worth my trouble.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:38 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:38 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 11:39 PM (1whRW)
Nothing sucks like an Electrolux, except Bono with U2.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:29 PM (S/Y4j)
Electrolux was Swedish. Was there ever a definitive Brit brand of vacuum cleaner?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:40 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Christine Keeler
Posted by: John Profumo at February 19, 2026 11:41 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 11:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:40 PM (8zz6B)
Its called the Starmer. It excels at sucking the fart out of muslim ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:42 PM (snZF9)
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Well, honestly we've always struggled with electrical items.
Posted by: Jaguar & Land Rover at February 19, 2026 11:44 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B)
Did you hear the part about her father being persecuted by the CCP and then their attempt to recruit her to skate for China? She told them to fuck off.
She got the gold and as you said that seemed to be less important to her than she nailed her skate. That's pretty cool.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 19, 2026 11:45 PM (yJpvi)
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Electrolux was Swedish. Was there ever a definitive Brit brand of vacuum cleaner?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:40 PM
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Dyson?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 11:46 PM (azNOR)
There are relatively few definitive European brands of anything. Europe basically gave up on life after WW1 and accelerated that after WW2 so they missed the computer, internet, and now AI revolutions.
That all said, I remember back in the 80s there was a column, possibly Dave Barry, where he noted that within a month in the UK 3 different men had gotten their dick stuck in Hoover vacuum cleaners.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 11:48 PM (JbzBI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 11:37 PM (snZF9)“
Ok we admit this is really hell. We’re stuck in it here with you.
Why hell? Because if this is heaven, it’s damned disappointing!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 11:48 PM (46za5)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Interesting progression from kimono-crop-top catgirl last week.
Catgirls must never skip ab day.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 11:49 PM (VHUov)
*******
The Camilla Parker-Bowles. No matter how hard you implore it, it doesn't suck.
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:49 PM (qgHp7)
*******
The Camilla Parker-Bowles. No matter how hard you implore it, it doesn't suck.
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:49 PM (qgHp7)
Sounds like a bowling alley valet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:51 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 11:52 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: muldoon
Sounds like a bowling alley valet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Bowling alleys where Wolf lives must be fancier than here.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 11:54 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Jaguar & Land Rover at February 19, 2026 11:44 PM (Cjcf6)
Positive Earth says it all!
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 19, 2026 11:54 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:55 PM (S/Y4j)
Lucas made a lot of home appliances too, but I think US brands built them over there too.
The Russians had a lot of domestic products. The TVs tended to catch on fire.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 11:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: muldoon
Sounds like a bowling alley valet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Bowling alleys where Wolf lives must be fancier than here.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 11:54 PM (VHUov)
I would expect it at a Texas bowling alley, with 300 lanes. I mean, everything's bigger in Texas, right?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:57 PM (S/Y4j)
Checkup with our primate carrot position tomorrow. Used to just call 'em our family doctor.
Some later Donovan, not so flower childish album
https://youtu.be/xoXsmEpiuxo
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I was led to believe there were organizations that would kill-a my snakes for me at February 19, 2026 11:57 PM (oq2IS)
Lucas made a lot of home appliances too, but I think US brands built them over there too.
The Russians had a lot of domestic products. The TVs tended to catch on fire.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 11:55 PM (rbvCR)
Hoover was an American company, but they built a factory in england in 1912, so Hoover has a long history there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 20, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)
The UK in the Thatcher 80s was a brief exception from the rest of Europe's "everything sucks, let's just be marxist fuckweasels" attitude and they got ARM and Dyson out of the deal. But almost every other major European brand you can name is rooted in pre-war technology.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2026 12:05 AM (Cw4E2)
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 20, 2026 12:06 AM (3/XaG)
I sucked that right off of the internet
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 20, 2026 12:07 AM (yJpvi)
- - - - -
Teach them to do Fulon Gong (?) moves, and the CCP will make all involved disappear...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at February 20, 2026 12:07 AM (lsyOS)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 19, 2026 11:31 PM (S/Y4j)
Well, he'd leave no doubt that the got damn Germans got nothin' to do with it.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 20, 2026 12:08 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Kindltot
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There was a cartoon, published in the early 70s in one of the car or mc mags, that showed an Apollo era lunar lander on the moon, with a Union Jack on its side and an oil puddle under it.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 20, 2026 12:10 AM (Bgaiu)
What killed both of them was the dual punch of Nintendo and the various "IBM Clones" (Intel/MS) of the early 1990s.
[we are agreed the Sinclair Spectrum was ass]
Posted by: gKWVE at February 20, 2026 12:10 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 12:13 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: LASue at February 20, 2026 12:14 AM (mFhj8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 20, 2026 12:15 AM (8zz6B)
I'm just lurking along, reading all the interesting comments. I got nuthin' tonite. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
She got the gold and as you said that seemed to be less important to her than she nailed her skate. That's pretty cool.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
Yup, the wife filled me in on the whole story. At least she isn't like that pos American thats skiing for china.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2026 12:18 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 12:19 AM (0nHVk)
... If you catch mirrors, before DMCA takedown requests. I'm not going to link ZeroPaige's efforts here b/c I cannot vouch for the sites it's on, today.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 20, 2026 12:20 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
They could have added a total loss chain oiling system like harley did years ago.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2026 12:20 AM (snZF9)
Nevertheless -- I have repeatedly been tackled by an uncloseable ad recently when refreshing the main page. I have to click back and hit refresh. Sometimes 2 or 3 times.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:12
I get some small ad in the center sometimes lately when clicking Comments. It's border on both sides by gray. Sometimes won't go away or wouldn't till I figured out where to click.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 20, 2026 12:24 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Case at February 20, 2026 12:25 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 20, 2026 12:26 AM (gKWVE)
1. Pivot away from world events/peacemaking and focus on one thing, and one thing only: JOBS, J-O-B-S and more jobs. And not just industrial, manufacturing jobs, but white-collar job creation particularly opportunities for recent college grads. These recent grads were sold a false bill-of-goods on the value of a degree and are now feeling lost and without any substantive opportunities to contribute to society and make a living. They don’t have hard skills like HVAC, electricians, plumbers etc., and need direction. If the sane, right side of the political aisle (or the MAGA movement as I like to call it) can capture this cohort, then the leftist social democrats are going to be very screwed, for a very long time
Posted by: Publius Redux at February 20, 2026 12:27 AM (Gu66x)
Posted by: Publius Redux at February 20, 2026 12:27 AM (Gu66x)
Posted by: buddhaha at February 20, 2026 12:27 AM (Bgaiu)
Posted by: LASue at February 20, 2026 12:14 AM (mFhj
He's a Democrat. He could claim he invented the internet and they'd run his crazy ass for President.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 20, 2026 12:28 AM (w/O5Q)
a. The Trump is economy is strong, focused on jobs and growing:
b. The stock market is at an all-time high, meaning your retirement investments are safer
c. Trump has stabilized inflation. He actually brought down the price of important times, like gas/energy (except in non-blue States like CA)! With more relief on the way!
d. Trump and MAGA controlling Congress means ensuring border security and deporting criminal illegal aliens (never, ever, use the made-up term “undocumented migrant” or even “illegal immigrant” you are ceding the language to the socialist left). Since Trump has focused, initially, on dangerously criminal illegal aliens, this mean:
e. Trump and MAGA brought safer cities and less crime.
f. Long term there are more jobs and salary growth for American Citizens and
g. decreased prices for housing/rents.
h. Democrats are liars and lie about all of the above and Trump, 24-7.
i. They do this to distract from the destruction they caused under Biden and lie about blue city unrest and domestic terrorism which they create and support
Posted by: Publius Redux at February 20, 2026 12:29 AM (Gu66x)
It burns more fuel than any other ship. It doesn't have a reverse, it's propeller blades rotate to reverse propulsion.
Let's think of more technologically sensitive, unstable, wasteful and expensive ways to build a ship.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 12:29 AM (1whRW)
a. Trump and MAGA means a bright future, that is safer, more economical, with opportunity, family and growth for American citizen and LEGAL immigrants; and
b. “Democrats, stop lying about the Trump miracle economy and recovery, stop supporting and engaging in domestic terrorism, start supporting secure elections with the SAVE Act and require ID Proof of citizenship to vote in elections!”
5. A mid-term convention must be done, and done in a slick way to command the airwaves with direct messaging by Trump and MAGA Republicans so the MsM is unable to filter (read censor) it
Anyway – that’s all for now – I know folks from the Trump White House read this site as do other advisors in the Republican National Party – I hope this humble opinion helps someone.
Posted by: Publius Redux at February 20, 2026 12:29 AM (Gu66x)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 12:30 AM (bss/y)
'Tuna and oatmeal is more delicious than Pizza!'
I'm sorry, wtf?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Everybody's so creative!
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Who thought 'You know, this oatmeal is delicious. Some butter, some sugar. Savory and sweet. Delicious. You know what it needs?
Fish.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 12:33 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
*stuffs some bacon into USB port for Aetius451AD*
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 12:40 AM (1whRW)
*stuffs some bacon into USB port for Aetius451AD*
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
Getting ready for a BLT?
Bacon
Little more bacon
Top with bacon
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 20, 2026 12:41 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
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Big threats by a little girl. Little girls can be very mean if given the power.
youtube.com/watch?v=SZql8uCboYY
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 12:44 AM (1whRW)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 12:44 AM (0nHVk)
Bacon
Little more bacon
Top with bacon
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Okay...now I'm hungry.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2026 12:44 AM (XeU6L)
*stuffs some bacon into USB port for Aetius451AD*
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
Helps to clear the thought of that one out of my head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 12:45 AM (bss/y)
Haha, I used to do week-long hikes with a crazy friend and we eschewed those pricey dehydrated meal-in-a-pouches that you get from REI. Instead, we'd get cheap foods that will not expire until 4000 A.D.: Rice-a-Roni, Velveeta cheese, canned tuna, Parkay liquid margarine -- and mix it all up at night in a glorious stew. After a day of sweaty hiking and then striking camp, DELISH!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 20, 2026 12:48 AM (rKRFT)
Hungary-Argentina Friendship Begins!
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What did Jack Straw say? "We're winning>"
https://tinyurl.com/5y2j489d
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 12:48 AM (1whRW)
Posted by: steven at February 20, 2026 12:48 AM (QOrsj)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 12:48 AM (0nHVk)
https://t.co/BKFns3XwUW
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 20, 2026 12:48 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 12:48 AM (bss/y)
I wouldn't skate for CCP either
Would Col. Kilgore use a url thing?
Han Solo was first warned about the dark side in Apocalypse Now
Vietnam beat China's ass nicely after we got out of the way
I never liked Tang
Do you know when a Detroit Diesel is out of oil? It stops leaking
I like lola T-70's
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 20, 2026 12:49 AM (jrgJz)
The gossipy UK podcasts are focussing relentlessly on the sex angle, but the slipping state secrets to Epstein for use in insider trading would seem to rise to the level of treason.
And now it's come out that King Chuckles paid off Virginia Giuffre for Andrew, so he may be pressured to abdicate? The Palace seems to be trying to put the blame on the dead queen for the payoff. What a mess.
I'm not anti-monarchist (for other countries, don't want one here), mainly because I'm crazy about the clothes and the jewels, but this is a hot mess.
Oh, and the vile and loathesome Gordon Brown, who with Tony fucking Blair has helped destroy Great Britain, has now piled on, pretending he has ethical issues with Andrew's behavior. How nauseating of him.
Posted by: Beverly at February 20, 2026 12:50 AM (reMys)
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Ugh. Turns my stomach. Little children should never be allowed to drive the car...
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:50 AM (rdVOm)
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Ugh. Turns my stomach. Little children should never be allowed to drive the car...
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:50 AM (rdVOm)
This was always the problem with the argument of 'If we do the same thing to them, they will understand and we will both disarm.' No. Either you wipe them out or they will use the light slap on the wrists to engage in a bloodbath. That is what we are setting up right now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2026 12:53 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 12:55 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 12:57 AM (1whRW)
Seasoned Pork / Chile Verde Sauce
Rice & Black Beans
wrapped in a flour tortilla.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 12:59 AM (1whRW)
https://x.com/tonyseruga
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 01:01 AM (1whRW)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 01:02 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ChE99 at February 20, 2026 01:08 AM (4HZWl)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 20, 2026 01:08 AM (gKWVE)
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Yep, she's a certified liar. There's a husband on X, says she recruited his wife.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 01:09 AM (1whRW)
Got in a shouting match with my boss of 20 years yesterday morning.
Today I'm supposed to have my annual review.
I'm not happy at my job. I know I'm going to get another bullshit 1% raise this year despite getting "exceeds expectations" year after year on my review.
Posted by: Defenestratus at February 20, 2026 01:10 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: gKWVE
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Problem with him is that sometime he comes up with current, useful and valid info. It usually pertains to maritime situations. The LV thing was like a link jerk but I'm not fluent in X and thought maybe it was valid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 01:12 AM (1whRW)
I like lola T-70's
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 20, 2026 12:49 AM (jrgJz)
Just forked about $15k to have my blown up 6.5L P400 (Ultimate evolution of the Detroit 6.2) rebuilt after one of the timing gears left the chat and made my oil look like it had spent too much time at the gentlemen's club.
Posted by: Defenestratus at February 20, 2026 01:14 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: ChE99 at February 20, 2026 01:15 AM (4HZWl)
So, normal operating procedure for communists. same ole, same ole.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 20, 2026 01:17 AM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Case at February 20, 2026 01:25 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 20, 2026 01:25 AM (0nHVk)
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Although interesting he also drifts out of his lane for clicks and should be cross referenced.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 20, 2026 01:27 AM (1whRW)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 20, 2026 01:28 AM (9FEtL)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at February 20, 2026 01:25 AM (j6kTf)
My wife hasn't gotten a single raise since she started at her practice (biggest healthcare system in the state) in 2015.
She even stopped getting bonuses.
We need to get the hell out of New England.
Posted by: Defenestratus at February 20, 2026 01:28 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: Case at February 20, 2026 01:25 AM (j6kTf)
My wife hasn't gotten a single raise since she started at her practice (biggest healthcare system in the state) in 2015.
She even stopped getting bonuses.
We need to get the hell out of New England.
Posted by: Defenestratus at February 20, 2026 01:28 AM (WYStd)
OK, has she said anything? I once thought my outstanding work would be enough to get me recognized.
It is not. They WILL take advantage of you, if you don't stick up for yerself.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 20, 2026 01:32 AM (mP0Kj)
No avail. The healthcare system claims that they're still recovering from COVID.
She did get an additional stipend but that came with additional work/responsibilities so it wasn't just a cost of living raise.
Posted by: Defenestratus at February 20, 2026 01:39 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 20, 2026 01:42 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Marybel Smiles at February 20, 2026 01:56 AM (f+AVZ)
Posted by: Marybel Smiles at February 20, 2026 01:59 AM (f+AVZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 20, 2026 01:59 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
It sounds like hell on earth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2026 02:01 AM (snZF9)
Don't worry too much about fitting in. Some of us agree with Groucho Marx, that they don't want to join a club that would have them as a member.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 20, 2026 02:03 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: JQ at February 20, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
It sounds like hell on earth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2026 02:01 AM (snZF9)
Tuna with oatmeal cookies; that's different.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 20, 2026 02:05 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Reforger at February 20, 2026 02:11 AM (onCFI)
Poor little Maceo.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 20, 2026 02:19 AM (rKRFT)
Posted by: Reforger
If I had the time.... (Of course, it would also depend on what you have to smoke....) I haven't had any of my stuff in a month and a half. Working every day. Just no time.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 20, 2026 02:24 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Reforger at February 20, 2026 02:27 AM (onCFI)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
He had almost 6 great years with his mama. They were so close. He would smoosh his face against hers. He would let her clean out his eye junk while cradling him. He would walk up to me and go like "high five" which meant "pet me". :-> Mama's gonna be devastated when he goes. But he's always hated taking medicine so even if we'd caught it earlier, it just would've caused a rift.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 20, 2026 02:28 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 20, 2026 02:29 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Marybel Smiles
You should read the Grok review on this place....
(Fuck yeah!)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 20, 2026 02:36 AM (KAi1n)
Your mom lives in Reno?
Posted by: Reforger at February 20, 2026 02:37 AM (onCFI)
Your mom lives in Reno?
Posted by: Reforger
No, my mom (age 90) lives in NoVa. My ex-gf, with whom I'm on good terms, lives in Reno. She's Maceo's mama. She adopted him as a cancer-survivor rescue and he did so well. Until last week or so.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 20, 2026 02:47 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 02:53 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 20, 2026 01:28 AM (9FEtL)
I don't know what they call that where you are from, but it ain't food.
Buy a damned steak or something.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 20, 2026 03:02 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 03:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Defenestratus at February 20, 2026 01:10 AM (WYStd)
Go. Just go. You can work anywhere. Just leave.
Life is too short for your job to suck.
Hell, DH moved to Alaska with me. He could have stayed in WI and worked on cool stuff like the new basketball arena in Milwaukee, but he came up here because it's better.
Just go.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 20, 2026 03:08 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: The Swamp at February 20, 2026 03:14 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 03:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 03:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Waiting on coffee
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 03:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at February 20, 2026 04:03 AM (+YA9H)
Golden Hour Cafe
King of Wings hoodoo in New Mexico, under the Milky Way
by Wayne Pinkston
Elements of this photo look unreal but
that hoodoo is actually real
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:53 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (QVmho)
and then I smoke two more
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 07:56 PM (gKWVE)
https://youtu.be/zlRQ3qPgveg
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 19, 2026 07:56 PM (tqpXi)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 07:58 PM (xGgfV)
I gave the otters a nood with a link to the comments since peeps are having issues with the home pagee.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 19, 2026 07:58 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Rocardo Montalban School of Acting! at February 19, 2026 07:58 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 07:59 PM (Cqx++)
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Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 08:00 PM (CM7zZ)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 19, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at February 19, 2026 08:00 PM (oftw2)
.@POTUS: "He gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that... I don't know if they're real or not... I don't have an opinion on it, I never talk about it. A lot of people do — a lot of people believe it. Do you believe it, Peter?"
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In fairness, they are his "people". He's not so much from Mars or Venus as Uranus.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 08:00 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 08:01 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 08:01 PM (FCYiI)
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Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 08:01 PM (CNl8/)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 08:02 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Mark1971 "
Do dey do do.
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:03 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Mark1971
When you see him again in a dream, make sure to call him a lying bastard.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 08:03 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Mark1971
That's what they want you to think!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 08:03 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Mark1971
Whoa.
Posted by: Ted Logan at February 19, 2026 08:04 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mark1971
What kind of sammich? The kind your mother used to make you?
Posted by: Sigmund Freud at February 19, 2026 08:05 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 08:02 PM
*shifty eyes*
What?
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: The Green Door at February 19, 2026 08:06 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Mark1971
That's what they want you to think!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 08:03 PM (FXNzP)
The Mandela Effect.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:07 PM (wVcYX)
Yikes! You can just tell that every possible precaution is being made, too. "'mon back, 'mon back..."
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 08:08 PM (2gvXb)
Your dad can request FB archive your mom's account. I did it with my husband's account. People stop getting birthday notices and such.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 19, 2026 08:08 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bureau Of Indian Affairs at February 19, 2026 08:09 PM (Ksqrb)
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Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 08:11 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mark1971
In this dream of yours, were there any cigars, bananas, or short, blunt swords?
Posted by: Niles Crane at February 19, 2026 08:12 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 08:12 PM (46za5)
I have noticed that if I hit the AoS link at the top of a comments thread I do get the pop-up ad, Its a tiny inconvenience, its 5 seconds and then you can close the ad, but if you were hitting that link constantly trying to score a 'first' I suppose it might get old. I don't have ad-block and just using chrome for my AoS habit.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 19, 2026 08:13 PM (Sokdp)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 08:13 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Mark1971
Welp ... at least he didn't hand you a golden thimble...
Posted by: Adriane the Financial Whiz Kid Critic, Wot Whizzed it Away . . . at February 19, 2026 08:15 PM (3ZUWJ)
https://x.com/i/status/2020071848621596778
Are people aware of punch in the US?
He is lonely monkey in ichikawa zoo. He has soft toy as foster parent.
Search "#パンチ" for video.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 08:16 PM (5LjnF)
Actually, they're being called in to assist with the DC sewer tsunami.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 08:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 19, 2026 08:18 PM (vFG9F)
https://tinyurl.com/3hmu655w
Link goes to Xitter
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 19, 2026 08:18 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: rickb223
It is a beauty.
Posted by: Adriane the Lens Camp Covered Camera Critic . . . at February 19, 2026 08:19 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Zombie Emily Latella at February 19, 2026 08:19 PM (cYBz/)
WaPo: Dancers Reenact Shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Front of Trump-Kennedy Center
https://is.gd/7h7wDW4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 08:19 PM (FXNzP)
Your dad can request FB archive your mom's account. I did it with my husband's account. People stop getting birthday notices and such.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 19, 2026 08:08 PM (+mUZM)
I don’t think he wants to do that. I will talk to him again at some point.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 08:19 PM (d2kuJ)
Search "#パンチ" for video.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19
I am, it I get Japanese posts because of the Shiba club. It makes me sad when he is bullied by the other monkeys and he runs to his stuffed monkey.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 08:21 PM (d2kuJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 08:25 PM (yKhjs)
This, after Trump accused former President Obama of divulging classified information when he said of aliens the other day, “they’re real”.
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 08:25 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 08:25 PM (yKhjs)
People who do this should be dropped in the middle of the Mojave.
Posted by: Let them see what it's ike at February 19, 2026 08:25 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Piper
Yes, very heart wrenching. I think all humans get same feeling.
What's weird is that I think Japan has to cull thousands every year or they take over country, but this one is loved by all of Japan.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 08:27 PM (5LjnF)
WaPo: Dancers Reenact Shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Front of Trump-Kennedy Center
https://is.gd/7h7wDW4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn
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They can take their dance and stuff it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 08:27 PM (1whRW)
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Was Epstein banging them?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 08:27 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Henry at February 19, 2026 08:28 PM (tWkg3)
Don't see many, if any, white guys in that position anymore.
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 08:28 PM (CNl8/)
WaPo: Dancers Reenact Shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Front of Trump-Kennedy Center
https://is.gd/7h7wDW4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Link went nowhere. U2 and Springsteen apparently wrote hymns about Renee Good. I don't think Heinlein's 'Crazy Times' can cover the absurdities of this age.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 08:29 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2026 08:29 PM (Q+gd/)
Perry's political group, the Lone Star Freedom Project, is also committed to [taking all Bush and DC money possible. Up the chute with George is also an inevitability.]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 08:30 PM (1whRW)
Welp ... at least he didn't hand you a golden thimble...
Posted by: Adriane the Financial Whiz Kid Critic
On the ninth floor?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 08:31 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 08:31 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Accomack at February 19, 2026 08:31 PM (/Chlc)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: GigantorX at February 19, 2026 08:32 PM (s/NIY)
Perry's political group, the Lone Star Freedom Project, is also committed to [taking all Bush and DC money possible. Up the chute with George is also an inevitability.]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2
Well, I endorse Ken Paxton.
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2026 08:33 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work
Try this.
https://is.gd/7h7wDW
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 08:35 PM (FXNzP)
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Also, Whoopi is beautiful and wise.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 08:36 PM (FXNzP)
When a female figure skater throws out the first pitch
https://tinyurl.com/ccz8tn4f
Posted by: Don Black
D'awww, cutest balk ever.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 08:37 PM (VHUov)
As in click it even before the rest of the page loads
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 19, 2026 08:37 PM (4jnK3)
Don't stop believing!
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 08:39 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)
When a female figure skater throws out the first pitch
https://tinyurl.com/ccz8tn4f
Posted by: Don Black
D'awww, cutest balk ever.
Posted by: mikeski
Nice to see Pixie-Americans succeeding. Life is hard when you're 2'6.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 08:39 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 19, 2026 08:42 PM (zuIfz)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 08:43 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: the curly lion at February 19, 2026 08:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 08:45 PM (azNOR)
Rick Perry cares deeply about whatever Rick Perry is being paid to care about.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 08:48 PM (46za5)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 19, 2026 08:50 PM (zuIfz)
'The current bunch is like a legion of Squeaky Fromme’s out to take their vengeance on the world.'
Here's hoping it stays that way. I'm worried it will be like with Muslim terrorists where they'll occasionally be non-retarded and do some real bloodletting.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 08:52 PM (fd80v)
"Trump: Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!"
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 08:52 PM (5ZzAK)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Chicago Crims?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 19, 2026 08:52 PM (ufFY8)
Oh hell, all this time I thought it was Mendalban.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 08:54 PM (2WIwB)
Utah is a mecca of jazz.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 08:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:56 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 08:56 PM (gKWVE)
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Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:59 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 09:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:56 PM (vFG9F)
Or a surprise colonoscopy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 09:01 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 08:55 PM
Just swap out a vowel.
Posted by: zombie Brigham Young & his 27 wives at February 19, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: I Know Nothing! Nothing! at February 19, 2026 09:02 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Siskel and Ebert at February 19, 2026 08:57 PM (oftw2)
He's also in a good film noir called Mystery Street that is on TCM a lot. He plays a detective solving a murder. It's very technical, like a 1950 CSI.
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 09:03 PM (CNl8/)
Actually, I had sort of forgotten that he existed.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 19, 2026 09:04 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 09:05 PM (C8TKZ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 09:05 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 09:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mark1971
Yes, that one is very good, also.
Posted by: Zombie Siskel And Ebert at February 19, 2026 09:06 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 19, 2026 09:07 PM (Fs0KI)
https://tinyurl.com/3hmu655w
Link goes to Xitter
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 19, 2026 08:18 PM (zYpTz)
Does Orban speak Spanish? Milei speaks very little English
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 09:08 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:10 PM (viF8m)
27 wives is the scariest thing I've ever heard.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)
It's no Castle Anthrax, that's for certain.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 09:10 PM (wVcYX)
Have a “feels like” temp in the low 20s here on the beach. Too cold for a walk. Lucy the Fink is snorting on the couch next to me. Still has a cold.
She’s a right fine fink.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 09:12 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 08:55 PM (viF8m)
And Los Angeles has 10,000 Lakes.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:12 PM (4hjRS)
zombie Brigham Young & his 27 wives
27 wives is the scariest thing I've ever heard.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:05 PM
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He terrorized them into cheerful obedience.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 09:13 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 09:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 09:16 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:12 PM (4hjRS)
And all those clipper ships in the harbor.
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 19, 2026 09:17 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 09:13 PM (rbvCR)
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He could get you rich Corinthian leather at wholesale.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 09:18 PM (+HNx/)
The Washington Shit Rivers.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 09:18 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:19 PM (4hjRS)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 09:18 PM (azNOR)
Seattle Fish Tossers
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 09:20 PM (rbvCR)
The movie Dr Tongue's 3D House of 27 Wives scared the pants off me.
Posted by: Count Floyd at February 19, 2026 09:20 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 09:20 PM (vFG9F)
LA Latinx
Chicago Gangbangers
See how easy that is?
Posted by: fd
Reminds me of the WNBA team names joke I saw..... since all the names were supposed to be related to the NBA team there:
Miami Heat - Miami Hot Flash
Minnesota Timberwolves - Minnesota B....."female canines"
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 09:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 09:21 PM (+HNx/)
Legion of Mary - Tough Mama
https://tinyurl.com/57exjhvs
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:22 PM (viF8m)
The Ricardo Montalban School of Fine Acting is right across the street from the William Shatner School of Fine Acting.
The prank wars between the two schools were legendary.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 09:22 PM (ESVrU)
The prank wars between the two schools were legendary.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 09:22 PM (ESVrU)
Roku has a Star Trek original channel.
The Shat deserved all the acting mocking he was given.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:26 PM (4hjRS)
Public funding of stadiums is a scam and giveaway to rich owners.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 09:27 PM (XV/Pl)
'81 Are there even actual bears in Illinois or Indiana? Shouldn't sports teams be named after something native?
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Chicago Crims?
Gary Glitters
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 09:28 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 09:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 09:30 PM (TtTH3)
The prank wars between the two schools were legendary.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 09:22 PM (ESVrU
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A famous. Cross-street. Rival.
*waves hand theatrically*
Posted by: Shatner at February 19, 2026 09:31 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: ZOD at February 19, 2026 09:32 PM (E6cid)
Since the monster spoke no lines, Price wouldn’t get a credit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 09:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 09:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Iris at February 19, 2026 09:34 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Indiana at February 19, 2026 09:35 PM (2gvXb)
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 19, 2026 09:35 PM (erhDr)
Posted by: Eromero
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Hunt should get his face time, gain public awareness, some money and throw his support to Paxton. If he doesn't do that he will ride with that shadow, always.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 09:35 PM (1whRW)
Move to Tennessee again for all I care.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:36 PM (4hjRS)
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 19, 2026 09:35 PM (erhDr)
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They caught a midnight train going anywhere.
Posted by: Steve Perry at February 19, 2026 09:36 PM (+HNx/)
He's also in a good film noir called Mystery Street that is on TCM a lot. He plays a detective solving a murder. It's very technical, like a 1950 CSI.
Posted by: Mark1971
I like that movie. It has a touch of Quincy, M.E. too!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 09:37 PM (Cqx++)
I'm into this trend of calling a team a single noun, like the Orlando Magic or the New Orleans Jazz or the Miami Heat.
The Utah Discipline
The LA Earthquake
The Chicago Grift
The New York Delusion
The Philadelphia Despair
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 09:37 PM (rKRFT)
Obvious LARPing lunatic. Just shoot and get it over with.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 09:37 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:39 PM (viF8m)
Move to Tennessee again for all I care.
Posted by: Opinion
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Make private enterprise great again.
Build Your Own Damn Stadium.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 09:41 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:41 PM (4hjRS)
Posted by: Katy Perry at February 19, 2026 09:42 PM (+HNx/)
Funding in Blue Hue full of graft Houston won't be a problem. It may be re-named Chevron Stadium though.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 09:42 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 09:42 PM (2GVsD)
How about funding for a QB that throws the ball to his own team during the playoff?
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 09:42 PM (gKWVE)
Obvious LARPing lunatic. Just shoot and get it over with.
How does one fail to light gasoline?
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 19, 2026 09:44 PM (erhDr)
Build Your Own Damn Stadium.
Posted by: Braenyard
Every big city needs professional sports!
Posted by: Omaha at February 19, 2026 09:45 PM (VHUov)
I'm into this trend of calling a team a single noun, like the Orlando Magic or the New Orleans Jazz or the Miami Heat.
The Utah Discipline
The LA Earthquake
The Chicago Grift
The New York Delusion
The Philadelphia Despair
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 09:37 PM (rKRFT)
Now I wish they called the "Washington Team" the DC Swamp. It would have been perfect in so many ways.
Posted by: moki at February 19, 2026 09:46 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 19, 2026 09:44 PM (erhDr)
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FUN FACT: You can drop a lit match into pan of gasoline and it won't ignite.
Gas vapor is what ignites.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 09:46 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2026 09:47 PM (eEPUQ)
Posted by: Steve Perry at February 19, 2026 09:36 PM (+HNx/)
And it was quite a Journey.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 09:48 PM (46za5)
If you're a baseball fan and you've never been to a weekend afternoon game in the summer at Fenway should be on your bucket list. You won't be disappointed.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Sale Of The Century at February 19, 2026 09:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2026 09:49 PM (eEPUQ)
The Buffalo Lament
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 19, 2026 09:50 PM (erhDr)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:50 PM (4hjRS)
Now I wish they called the "Washington Team" the DC Swamp. It would have been perfect in so many ways.
Posted by: moki
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Perfect!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 09:51 PM (rKRFT)
Posted by: JackStraw
That old bandbox should have been torn down 60 years ago. I've been to Double A ballparks much nicer than that old fire hazard!
Posted by: F The Beaners! at February 19, 2026 09:51 PM (oftw2)
ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," has died at 53 -ABC
Posted by: @Breaking911 at February 19, 2026 09:52 PM (2gvXb)
My guess is that he got all of his expertise from TV and movies and just assumed that if you crash a car full of gas into anything it immediately explodes in a giant fireball. Needing to ignite it never crossed his mind.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 19, 2026 09:52 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at February 19, 2026 09:53 PM (8cPKb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:53 PM (4hjRS)
— Giorgia Meloni responds and tackles Emmanuel Macron after his attack:
Expressing solidarity with the French people on a subject that concerns everyone is not interference. Sorry Macron didn't understand that. "
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The despicable Macron sets out to tell Meloni that he cannot lament the barbaric murder of the young patriot Quentin Deranque by the hordes of the far-left La France Insoumise, who have done so many favors for the biggest failure of the failed leaders of European globalism.
He says he should stop commenting on what happens in other people's countries. This is coming from the scoundrel who engages in massive interference in Hungary, who helped steal the presidency of Romania from Georgiescu, and who has made a fool of himself with his attempts to intervene in the affairs of half the world. _@hermanntertsch
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 09:54 PM (1whRW)
One of my high school buddies got a job working the manual scoreboard on the Green Monster. He got paid to go to Sox games.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 09:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 09:55 PM (gKWVE)
He should have called NBC to light the gas tank.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:55 PM (4hjRS)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 09:55 PM (gKWVE
But it was a big one right? I just read Yellowstone was closing.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:56 PM (4hjRS)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 09:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:55 PM (4hjRS)
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True. The Dateline crew are experts at setting vehicles on fire.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 09:57 PM (+HNx/)
But did he go on one of their cruises?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 09:57 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: F
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Sounds great, how's the popcorn and peanuts?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 09:58 PM (1whRW)
if i lived there i'd buy a kite
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 09:59 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 10:00 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:00 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at February 19, 2026 10:00 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: mindful webworker is here at February 19, 2026 10:01 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: JackStraw
That old bandbox should have been torn down 60 years ago. I've been to Double A ballparks much nicer than that old fire hazard!
Sat side-saddle for 9 innings. Built when everyone was 5' 4 "
Good thing I had an aisle seat!
Last row above 1st base, great view felt closer than most modern stadiums I will concede.
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 19, 2026 10:02 PM (erhDr)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 19, 2026 10:04 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:00 PM (2GVsD)
I can think of a half dozen ways to ignite that gas, that don't involve anything terribly exotic. Dumbasses get better, that is the problem.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)
To reach remote areas to help high school students take the college entrance exams, Japan launches WISH High. For $65 a month students will be tutored by VTubers in subjects like English, math, and chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVs_t6I5DLI
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 10:05 PM (2GVsD)
BREAKING: DEMOCRAT TERRORISTS CRASH STOLEN AMBULANCE LOADED WITH GAS CANS INTO AN IDAHO FEDERAL BUILDING
unther EaglemanFox:
@GuntherEagleman 28m 🚨 BREAKING: DOMESTIC TERROR ATTEMPT IN IDAHO Ambulance stolen, packed with staged gas cans, rammed straight into a DHS office in what cops are calling an attempted ARSON MASSACRE targeting ICE agents. Police: This was no accident
Stolen ambulance allegedly driven into Idaho DHS office building in attempted arson attackThey mean he stashed gas cans in the bushes where they wouldn't be seen, then loaded them into the stolen bus just before the attack.
Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea says suspect staged accelerant in vegetation before driving emergency vehicle into DHS building
Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea provided new details about an attack on a DHS building Thursday. (KBOI) State and federal authorities are investigating after a suspect allegedly stole an ambulance, loaded up staged gas cans and plowed the emergency vehicle into a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office in Idaho -- in what investigators believe was an attempted arson attack. Just after 11 p.m. Wednesday, an ambulance was stolen from a bay at St. Luke's West hospital. However, the suspect was unable to ignite the accelerant before being scared off by responding agencies, according to Basterrechea. "We want to emphasize that this was a serious criminal act," Basterrechea said. "The theft and destruction of an emergency vehicle not only created a risk to responding personnel, but it also temporarily removed a critical medical resource from the community." ... "Comments on social media, such as 'property damage isn't violence,' is absolutely false," Basterrechea continued. "This was absolutely an act of violence, and if the suspect had not been interrupted, there is no doubt this building would have been burned, putting the lives of first responders and others at risk."Shades of Timothy McVeigh. Though I don't imagine the disgusting press and Deep State will find this new Timothy McVeigh nearly as objectionable as the old one.
🚨 BREAKING: An attempted TERROR ATTACK was just carried out against DHS and federal agents — someone stole an ambulance, loaded it with gas cans, and RAMMED an Idaho federal building
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 19, 2026
THIS IS ON THE DEMS!
They will say NOTHING and only keep egging it on.pic.twitter.com/BiAB8SPFsh
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 19, 2026 07:01 PM (m+uh6)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 19, 2026 07:02 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (v3rPo)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 07:04 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 07:05 PM (qd3Kw)
I one pondered joyriding a cop car and running it down the highway with the sirens (idiot cops left the car running in my street and got out of the vehicle), but (a) I didn't do it (2) I'd not be trying to hurt anyone and (iii) an ambulance? wtf
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 07:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2026 07:05 PM (eEPUQ)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 07:05 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 19, 2026 07:06 PM (tmCNn)
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 07:06 PM (dIske)
No more Epstein files to work on to release, put those people on the case of Anitfa.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 07:06 PM (3uBP9)
So he/she/it got away.
Posted by: Reforger at February 19, 2026 07:06 PM (onCFI)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
If Obama's mouf is moving, he's either 1. lying or 2. servicing a cock
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 07:07 PM (qd3Kw)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 07:07 PM (3uBP9)
They are desperate, cornered like animals and lashing out. Dangerous vermin. Similar to armed trans...all Dim created and spread.
I hope this does nothing but strengthen the determination to deport illegal aliens.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 07:07 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2026 07:07 PM (eEPUQ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2026 07:07 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 07:08 PM (1Udfd)
So they didn't catch the guy?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 07:08 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 07:08 PM (1Udfd)
Potatoes.
That's all I got.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
You have to ask them for their Antifa ID card first.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Tuli Kupferberg. at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (z5QST)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:10 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (8EgcX)
Yes on oxygen.
I do hope they find this terrorist.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 07:10 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 07:10 PM (vSvIl)
They are openly attempting to murder people
And...any arrests yet? Of someone that isn't just a street level thug?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 07:10 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: kingsman at February 19, 2026 07:11 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: John Doe #2 at February 19, 2026 07:11 PM (sKqQm)
So they didn't catch the guy?
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Perp failed to follow directions -
Take caps off all cans
Douse yourself with a little petro
Light self up just before ramming the building
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:11 PM (/lPRQ)
I remember with every leftwing terror attack under the Junta we'd find out the perp was a "known wolf" that someone in the FBI was monitoring...but somehow they never caught them before hand.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 07:12 PM (sKqQm)
A SLM (Smol Language Model) could simulate you-lot's activity in the comments. Just boobs, crossbows, and Prometheus, for some reason.
We have disappointed Ace.
Again.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:09 PM (PYyV9)
They're getting their orders and ideas off of Discord & Telegram chats, their Bluesky bubble, and random transmissions from the cult that seem to spread through osmosis.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (gKWVE)
Obama was a hapless loser at most of life and his job as president but he was actually good at the social justice organizing crap.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (PYyV9)
Suspect was heard to say "Since when did they take cigarette lighters out of cars???"
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (2WIwB)
Most of the left
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: epador at February 19, 2026 07:14 PM (TRnzq)
I remember under the Junta I was told merely refusing to comply with the directions of any federal agent or even merely someone acting at the direction of federal guidelines was literal terrorism and should have led to you taken to a camp...work or death was never clarified.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 07:14 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 07:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:15 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 07:15 PM (0sNs1)
My guess is that they are young enough they never knew there were any cigarette lighters in cars. Or ashtrays.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:15 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Maybe he tried to light it up with his Vape
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (Cqx++)
IN Stephen King's The Mist a group of normies are holed up in a grocery store when they get attacked by giant bugs. One group is given gasoline and brooms and the idea is to dig in the gasoline and light it on fire to injure/scare the bugs.
And...they manage to set each other on fire instead because they are scared and have never done this sort of thing before.
Honestly, seems believable.
Also, King, based on Maine, really likes to right about giant evil bugs doesn't he?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (sKqQm)
Its when a real estate agent prepares an ambulance for sales with furniture and household supplies to simulate what it would look like if purchased. Or something.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (PYyV9)
Score one for the EPA's shitty gas cans.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:16 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: kingsman at February 19, 2026 07:17 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (2WIwB)
And ashtrays.
Because nobody could ever use an ashtray to go with their non-existent lighter that now charges my new handheld addiction-device..
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:17 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 07:17 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage!notice. at February 19, 2026 07:19 PM (ZxPkt)
So the plan was to grab a bunch of full gas cans out of the bushes, load up the ambulance, crash into the DHS office, blow up the gas cans, and somehow escape? What, did the gas cans not have lids? Help a blonde.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 07:19 PM (rKRFT)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:19 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:20 PM (PYyV9)
However, the suspect was unable to ignite the accelerant before being scared off by responding agencies, according to Basterrechea.
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Responding agencies? Is that sirens approaching in the distance? How much time did this bonehead spend failing to ignite gasoline?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 07:20 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)
I'm not hip to the jive today's kids are 'laying down'
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage! at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:20 PM (PYyV9)
Now Ace can train himself up a Grok-Ace and take that vacation early.
Would we be able to tell?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (6ydKt)
We have disappointed Ace.
Again.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)
He neglected to mention that we're Breitbart certified intelligent commenters and can speak to a whole manner of other topics such as: chili recipes, val-u-rite vodka, hobo hunting, shelving installation, and creative usage of pudding.
Posted by: Sjg at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (aqZN1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (tOcjL)
Yup, that Neil deGrasse Tyson fella is a "scientist" par excellence... just like Brian Stelter is a "journalist" – all hot air and zero substance, amirite? Prayers please for AOP's ear thing, maybe try that Tyr combo with the ibuprofen and Tylenol, worked wonders for my uppity wen last month. Oh, and speaking of sanctions, remember how they buried that Epstein insider trade info? Messianic sources in Israel got nothin' on our media clowns. San Franpsycho out.
I dunno, I don't think it quite gets us
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: JackStraw
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could this be their hill to die on?
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage! at February 19, 2026 07:22 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Sjg at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (aqZN1)
Ahem!
Posted by: The Proper Use of the Oxford Comma at February 19, 2026 07:22 PM (tmCNn)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:20 PM (PYyV9)
Train it on Raimando. Can't get any more retarded.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 07:22 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 19, 2026 07:22 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Tucker Owens at February 19, 2026 07:22 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:23 PM (8EgcX)
The Shelving will be faaabulous.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 07:23 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: JackStraw
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could this be their hill to die on?
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage! at February 19, 2026 07:22 PM (ZxPkt)
Fine by me if they die on it.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 07:23 PM (z5QST)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (PYyV9)
I think it's pure poetry.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:23 PM (6ydKt)
Would we be able to tell?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:21 PM (6ydKt)
Grok-Ace would be up before noon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 07:24 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:24 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Zombie McVeigh at February 19, 2026 07:24 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:25 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 07:24 PM (FCYiI)
Yeah the time and volume output would probably be a dead giveaway.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: PaleRider at February 19, 2026 07:25 PM (Sokdp)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
>It's a known fact that trannies don't know how to light an accelerant.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 07:26 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:26 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 19, 2026 07:26 PM (q4vBG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:26 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (vFG9F)
It is. They will lose close to 20 seats in the House just on redistricting and will have an extremely steep hill to climb for the Presidency. It's why they are fighting so hard to stop voter ID.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Q+gd/)
Thus why I said I bet he filled them to the brim, thinking more is a bigger boom, b/c he hasn't watched American tv...and that's why they didn't light in time...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: PaleRider
Joe Snow over there aimed at a Federal building. He's headed for Florence. Hope he likes the view of grey walls 23/24 hours.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (gKWVE)
We have disappointed Ace.
Again.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
He neglected to mention that we're Breitbart certified intelligent commenters and can speak to a whole manner of other topics such as: chili recipes, val-u-rite vodka, hobo hunting, shelving installation, and creative usage of pudding.
Posted by: Sjg
Most commenters would consider comments on "creative usage of pudding" to be a subset of comments on "boobs."
Posted by: SLMikeski at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (VHUov)
I wonder if the perp is a local. They do have a little radical community as they have a college there.
Posted by: Random PJ at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (+jscL)
McVeigh was very "successful", with a more complicated "fertilizer bomb". McVeigh probably had help, maybe from "terrorists", idk.
But this clown seems ore like a live action role player, with no real plan. Question is whether it was another trannie that made poor life choices, or a typical young activist radical looking to make a name for xerself.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 07:28 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Dave M. at February 19, 2026 07:28 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Jimmy Kimmel at February 19, 2026 07:28 PM (BGygK)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:28 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Michael Jackson did... or his special effects guy did.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:28 PM (/lPRQ)
Yeah Dems are furiously redistricting states they control, but they were already heavily gerrymandered to begin with so they aren't getting many gains out of it. The exception is Virginian where idiots in the north of the state decided they'd eliminate nearly every district that has a Republican
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:29 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:29 PM (8EgcX)
Should have brought an illegal alien along with him.
That Spark of Divinity might have come in handy.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 07:29 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:30 PM (PYyV9)
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And why it's vital to remove every last one.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 07:30 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:28 PM (YwEeS)
This used to be proven by the one wise-ass who would drop a lit cigarette into a gas can just to prove a point while everybody else was jumping for cover.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:30 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: zombie Richard Pryor at February 19, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)
Looks like war is coming to breakfast. These idiots picked the wrong state.
Bet my best nut these freaks moved here from Calwaregon.
Posted by: Sifty at February 19, 2026 07:31 PM (SjXb3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:31 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: PaleRider at February 19, 2026 07:32 PM (Sokdp)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 19, 2026 07:32 PM (tqpXi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:32 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SLMikeski at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (VHUov)
Creative uses of pudding weren't just for the 'ettes. Though they did elevate it from simple rhetoric.
Posted by: Sjg at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (aqZN1)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (3vnIn)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I think it's pure poetry.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
It was, but it was a composite of all of us. That wasn't written in SFP's "voice." Be Better, Grok.
Posted by: SLMikeski at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (YwEeS)
as many here predicted: the left is going berserk to stop the deportation and defunding of their operations. The voter ID thing has them reeling and freaking out. Absolutely insane. Ted Lieu stood up and said that the Epstein Files have "footage" of Trump raping underaged girls. Literally.
They are desperate and freaking out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:34 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Sjg at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (aqZN1)
I'm surprised nobody has thrown some bacon and hot sauce on there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:34 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:29 PM (8EgcX)
Me neither, but my AO has more than its share of troons, some of them very activist, with signs and bullhorns; and their favorite pastime is going downtown and yelling at the state capitol about whatever they're supposed to be all het up about that week. Boise, being a college town, not to mention the state capital, draws them like deer flies on shit.
Head on a swivel is my middle name.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 19, 2026 07:34 PM (0aYVJ)
"Clockwise.
To make a hole with a standard twist drill bit (the most common kind on handheld power drills, cordless drivers, drill presses, etc.):
Hold the drill normally (pistol-grip style, trigger in your right hand if you’re right-handed).
Set the drill to forward (the “F” or forward arrow on the forward/reverse switch).
The bit will spin clockwise as you look at it from behind the drill (from the handle toward the tip).
That clockwise rotation is what makes the cutting edges bite into the material and pull the bit forward into the workpiece.
Quick memory aids:
Same direction as tightening a regular screw (“righty-tighty”
.
The only time you’d ever use counterclockwise is to back the bit out of a finished hole (reverse mode) or with rare left-hand drill bits (usually only for extracting broken bolts).
So for normal hole-making, just flip the switch to forward and pull the trigger—clockwise is the way to go."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (YwEeS)
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And then pass out from lack of oxygen...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:35 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Immolation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery at February 19, 2026 07:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:35 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 07:36 PM (YwEeS)
"Clockwise.
To make a hole with a standard twist drill bit (the most common kind on handheld power drills, cordless drivers, drill presses, etc.):
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)
Grok-Ace fail. Not believable.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 07:36 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Damn... got all the way down to "Duncan..." thinking the post was by Ace.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:36 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: SLMikeski at February 19, 2026 07:33 PM (VHUov)
I like how it just randomly picked SFP and AOP..
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:37 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2026 07:37 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Marcus Burnett at February 19, 2026 07:38 PM (wVcYX)
But they took to the streets yelling and waving conveniently available signs, and um, one of them got hit by a car and sent to the hospital. Because he was walking in the street.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:38 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: davidt
Upset that they didn't double check to make sure the butt-plug bomb was armed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:39 PM (/lPRQ)
I've heard that some shelf builders like to run the drill in reverse mode.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 07:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 07:39 PM (5ZzAK)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:35 PM (ESVrU)
*adds scuba tank to mental notes on ambulance + gas can bombings*
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:39 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at February 19, 2026 07:39 PM (sk8Gr)
Posted by: PaleRider at February 19, 2026 07:40 PM (Sokdp)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 07:40 PM (GMx4K)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 07:39 PM (viF8m)
The Ewoks do it different on Endor!
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (6ydKt)
Ambulance stolen, packed with staged gas cans, rammed straight into a DHS office
What movie is that stolen from? These people are so feeble.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (2gvXb)
I lost patience with the Left about 20 years ago.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (t+TFX)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (5ZzAK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 07:42 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:29 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 19, 2026 07:34 PM (0aYVJ)
I don't think there is anywhere in America that has escaped this virus.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 19, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 07:42 PM (1Udfd)
Ambulance stolen, packed with staged gas cans, rammed straight into a DHS office
What movie is that stolen from? These people are so feeble.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (2gvXb)
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He might have been inspired by the Gazans. They're notorious for using ambulances as cover for their war crimes against civilians.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:43 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 07:43 PM (Cqx++)
Do you think perhaps you are being manipulated? That you are being treated as an ignorant fool who does what they are told? Have you ever considered what your life would be like if you weren’t born in the US?
But. I’m not brave. Not like I should be.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (8EgcX)
It spreads through counselors and therapists, which is the USA's new religion. Add in housewife-friendly programming and you have a network that runs through every social strata and location in the USA.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Federal District Judge (and Chinese sleeper agent) Zulu as Kono at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (5rh/l)
Ambulance stolen, packed with staged gas cans, rammed straight into a DHS office
What movie is that stolen from? These people are so feeble.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (2gvXb)
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He might have been inspired by the Gazans. They're notorious for using ambulances as cover for their war crimes against civilians.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:43 PM (ESVrU)
He might BE Gazan...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Josephus at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 07:40 PM
We? I'm worried about where the enemy is heading. Keep your powder dry.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (Wnv9h)
Ambulance stolen, packed with staged gas cans, rammed straight into a DHS office
What movie is that stolen from? These people are so feeble.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (2gvXb)
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He might have been inspired by the Gazans. They're notorious for using ambulances as cover for their war crimes against civilians.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:43 PM (ESVrU)
He might BE Gazan...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (tOcjL)
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Also a distinct possibility
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (Q+gd/)
@washingtonpost
Elizabeth Bruenig’s account of a mother’s experience learning her child will die of measles has remained one of the Atlantic’s most read stories since it was published.
But some say the story felt misleading once they learned it was reported fiction.
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Also, the letters in the Penthouse Forum felt misleading.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (FXNzP)
We're the guys who show up with a six-pack of sarcasm, a lawn chair, and zero fucks left after watching the media spend four years pretending a stolen ambulance full of gas cans is just 'mostly peaceful urban renewal.'
We got our own language: 'Heh.' means 'I agree but I'm too lazy to type more.' 'QFT' means the previous moron nailed it. 'Ruh-roh' means the deep state just stepped on another rake. And if you see me type 'BANHAMMER TIME' it's because some drive-by troll just tried to bring facts from CNN and we all know how that ends.
We mock everybody—left, right, center, even our own side when they get too precious. We love dogs, guns, boobs, whiskey, and occasionally a good crossbow video. We hate the View, the Atlantic, and anyone who thinks 'mostly peaceful' is a valid descriptor for cities on fire.
We are the Moron Horde. We are legion. We are slightly drunk. And we will absolutely own you in the comments while eating cold pizza and refreshing the thread every 47 seconds.
Posted by: GrokTheHordeMoron at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)
Ambulance stolen, packed with staged gas cans, rammed straight into a DHS office
What movie is that stolen from? These people are so feeble.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 07:41 PM (2gvXb)
Mother, Jugs, and Speed? A cinematic masterpiece of filmmaking!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (wVcYX)
I like to finish with a counterclockwise swirl.
Posted by: George Costanza at February 19, 2026 07:46 PM (FCYiI)
Comparing democrats, liberals, and lefties to vermin is insulting to rats and cockroaches.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 07:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 19, 2026 07:46 PM (tqpXi)
Ambulance stolen, packed with staged gas cans, rammed straight into a DHS office
"You idiot! When I said 'gas cans', I meant filled with gas!"
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 07:46 PM (2gvXb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (A5RD0)
Nah, you're smart.
It's a 50/50 shot you get a lunatic trying to reason with the Cult.
Best be real sure they're not going to immediately get violent if you want to talk it out with somebody. Especially where you live.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:47 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: GrokTheHordeMoron at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)
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We need to get that on a t-shirt, stat!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:47 PM (ESVrU)
"Minutes before Hezbollah terrorist Ahmed Termos was eliminated, he received a call from the IDF.
The IDF gave him an opportunity to leave his brother-in-law's house, where several family members were gathered, and spare his family. The IDF then eliminated him in his car, alone.
According to the reporter, there's been a pattern of this: the IDF calls terrorists and gives them a chance to spare those surrounding them.."
"Shalom, Ahmed. let's make a deal..."
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 07:47 PM (5ZzAK)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (PYyV9)
Public schools, absolutely.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 19, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage! at February 19, 2026 07:48 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (PYyV9)
All you need to be a highly successful social justice organizer is the ability lay down a line of BS a mile long as soon every time you see a microphone.
Posted by: Zombie Jessie Jackson at February 19, 2026 07:49 PM (5rh/l)
According to the reporter, there's been a pattern of this: the IDF calls terrorists and gives them a chance to spare those surrounding them.."
"Shalom, Ahmed. let's make a deal..."
Posted by: runner
The bomb was always just in the car.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:50 PM (/lPRQ)
"Shalom, Ahmed. let's make a deal..."
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 07:47 PM (5ZzAK)
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More mercy than those animals deserve. The survivors will swear a blood-oath of vengeance against the IDF. Might as well take them all out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:50 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: GrokTheHordeMoron at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)
It's scary how much this thing gets me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I bet you have dreamy eyes.
Posted by: Don Le-Mon, Gay Gadfly at February 19, 2026 07:50 PM (tqpXi)
Yeah Dems are furiously redistricting states they control, but they were already heavily gerrymandered to begin with so they aren't getting many gains out of it. The exception is Virginian where idiots in the north of the state decided they'd eliminate nearly every district that has a Republican
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2026 07:29 PM (PYyV9)
That only works with the absolutely guaranteed results of full-on organized, centralized election fraud, not just the namby-pamby "voter fraud" that wishy-washy wimps like to bleat about to avoid implicating Our Precious Heroic Virtuous Public Servants. Otherwise, spreading their voters so thin just puts every district one Wave Election away from a full reversal. So either they don't know what they're doing, or they know the fix is in.
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 07:50 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:50 PM (ESVrU)
yeah, that would be my preference, IDF needs to stop saving lives not worth saving
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 07:51 PM (5ZzAK)
You never reason with The Cult. You groove, man!
youtu.be/ZCOSPtyZAPA
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 07:51 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 07:52 PM (5ZzAK)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 07:52 PM (5LjnF)
https://tinyurl.com/ccz8tn4f
That was impressive. Did she do two twists in the air, in sneakers? Teeny, tiny thing.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 07:52 PM (2gvXb)
Arsonists - Shoot to Kill. Example, someone is running at a building or dwelling with a Molotov Cocktail.
Or a whack job playing with matches near Pacific Palisades during high winds, etc. Arson is among the most heinous of crimes.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 07:52 PM (nHMnf)
https://tinyurl.com/ccz8tn4f
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, engage!
All 3' 6" of her!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:52 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2026 07:53 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sifty at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (H2CGt)
Doesn't ring true to me. I'd bet most of those terrorists would be saying "go ahead kill the whole family and add fuel to the Israel is committing genocide" and trust the basic decency of Israel then would leave.
OTOH I can believe that the IDF calls terrorists simulating a colleague and saying 'Ahmed we need to meet, a situation has come up' to pull them away from family and be able to strike them in their cars.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (Sokdp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Ordinary American
You must be young. I can remember gleefully voting for Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 07:52 PM
Whither Judy?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 07:55 PM (Wnv9h)
Cafe is nood, here's the link for all you broke browser peeps.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418579
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 19, 2026 07:55 PM (QVmho)
Do you think perhaps you are being manipulated? That you are being treated as an ignorant fool who does what they are told? Have you ever considered what your life would be like if you weren’t born in the US?
But. I’m not brave. Not like I should be.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 07:44 PM (A5RD0)
Nurse, the likelihood that the agitator you speak with has a friend take your picture so they can dox you and harass you at work or home, or worse, attack you and cause severe bodily harm right then and there is real. I understand not being brave like that, because you are weighing harm versus maybe, just a slim maybe, of reaching one of these lost, misguided souls. My best advice is to pray about it, and ask our Father to give you the strength and the words, as well as the opportunity, if that is what He wants you to do. I'll pray with you, my friend, any time.
Posted by: moki at February 19, 2026 07:55 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 07:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 07:56 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Sifty at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (H2CGt)
I can bring chips and a sleeve of plastic cups.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 19, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)
https://shorturl.at/T8jH1
It was not a real federal building, rather it was leased space in an office building, and it is unclear if it was actually occupied by DHS.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 19, 2026 07:56 PM (aAFHr)
.@POTUS: "He gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that... I don't know if they're real or not... I don't have an opinion on it, I never talk about it. A lot of people do — a lot of people believe it. Do you believe it, Peter?"
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In fairness, they are his "people". He's not so much from Mars as Venus or Uranus.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 07:57 PM (FXNzP)
More mercy than those animals deserve. The survivors will swear a blood-oath of vengeance against the IDF. Might as well take them all out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
==
SF friend with much experience said the best way to solve the problem is if/when you get a lead on one just kill their whole family. They understand that and will chill out if they know that getting radical will get their whole family killed, then they won't get radical.
Command appreciated the input. But preferred a more restrained approach.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 07:57 PM (/lPRQ)
AI is stupid and does not even realize there are other reasons to use reverse. And if you are using reverse to back out of a hole, it's not finished.
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)
Those with weapons (rock is a weapon) get shot.
It's time to separate peaceful demonstration from rot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 07:57 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Sifty at February 19, 2026 07:58 PM (H2CGt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 07:58 PM (0Htd1)
Well, for as long as the parents signed the permission slip for their little reprobate to engage in school sponsored domestic terrorism, its OK.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 19, 2026 07:58 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 08:01 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 08:02 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 07:45 PM (FXNzP)
One suspects that maybe.. maybe they didn't then do it again.
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 08:17 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: PaleRider
Joe Snow over there aimed at a Federal building. He's headed for Florence. Hope he likes the view of grey walls 23/24 hours.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 07:27 PM (gKWVE)
****
We like the grey boxes.
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2026 08:28 PM (eEPUQ)
Posted by: Sam at February 19, 2026 08:36 PM (7jMef)
So for normal hole-making, just flip the switch to forward and pull the trigger—clockwise is the way to go."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)
Left hand twist drill bits are great for extracting broken bolts. I have 3 or 4 sets of them. You gotta drill the hole anyway. Why not drill it in the direction of extraction. Over half the time the bit will bite and the bolt remains will twist out.
Posted by: Reforger at February 19, 2026 08:38 PM (onCFI)
Posted by: Tracy at February 19, 2026 11:58 PM (UMOnD)
Posted by: Peaches at February 20, 2026 09:17 AM (6GVdo)
Quick Hits
Mistrial declared in trial of antifa domestic terrorists who shot up ICE agents as their antifa terrorist lawyer wears an MLKJr. t-shirt to court to elicit sympathy from lefty jurors. The lawyer may well face sanctions. The trial will be restarted with a different jury.
FCC chair Brendan Carr has has begun an investigation of The View for its brazen violation of equal time rules.FCC chair Brendan Carr confirmed Wednesday that the commission has started enforcement proceedings that will look into The View's alleged violations of political equal time rules. "Disney has a program called The View. And they've been asserting the position that The View is what is known as 'bona fide news' in the statute," Carr said during a Wednesday night appearance on FOX News Channel's The Ingraham Angle. "If you are bona fide news, you don't have to give candidates equal air time. But, Disney and The View have not established that that program is, in fact, bona fide news. We've started enforcement proceedings, taking a look at that. And, again, we're going to hold broadcasters accountable."Lefties whine: if the FCC starts enforcing the law about equal time, you won't be able to see the cavalcades of your favorite Democrat politicians on Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and The View!
FCC Chair to Hollywood: Talk Shows Aren't Legitimate News ABC's 'The View' is currently under investigation over an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico, after which it didn't meet FCC requirements that would've allowed his opponents equal time. Say goodbye to most appearances by political candidates on daytime and late night talk shows. After an open meeting on Wednesday, Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr said that networks should operate under the assumption that shows like The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show don't qualify for long-standing regulatory exemptions that allowed them to discuss political candidates on their shows without having to meet unwieldy requirements. Failing to comply, he said, will trigger an enforcement action. "The general rule is equal time applies," Carr said of the FCC provision. "There's narrow exceptions you have to fit in."Like being a "bona fide news program," which these propaganda festivals are clearly not.
The clarification marks a dramatic departure from how the commission has historically treated talk shows, which have qualified for exemptions as legitimate news programs for decades and are now considered partisan bad actors under the Trump administration. The change doesn't necessarily prohibit interviews with political candidates but imposes obligations requiring them to give comparable time to opponents. In practice, it will prevent networks from having anyone on by potentially forcing them to have everyone on. Carr's remarks come after Colbert said on Monday that CBS killed an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico because the appearance would trigger regulatory obligations. "Congress passed the equal time provision for a very specific reason," he said. "They did not want the media leads in Hollywood and in New York to put their thumbs on the scale and pick their winners and losers in primaries and general elections. That's the point."LOL:
Sure, Tater. Suuure.
Brian Stelter
@brianstelter Notably, and admirably, ABC has insulated "The View" crew from this political pressure. A network source says the show "regularly hosts sitting leaders and political candidates to discuss differing viewpoints. The format is consistent with how the show has operated for years."
Ian MillerOut: FaceBook is for old people In: FaceBook is for dead people
@ianmSC 21h Ironically, this statement claiming that The View "regularly hosts sitting leaders and political candidates to discuss differing viewpoints" is funnier than anything Stephen Colbert has done in years
What happens to social media accounts belonging to those who shuffle off this mortal coil has been a subject of debate ever since the tech went mainstream. Should dormant accounts be left alone, or should their surviving loved ones be given backdoor access to maintain them as digital memorials? To Meta, there could be a morbid alternative: training an AI model on a deceased user's posts, keeping post-mortem accounts active by uploading new content in their voice long after they passed away. As Business Insider reports, Meta was granted a patent in 2023 for the idea, outlining how a large language model (LLM) can "simulate" a user's social media activity.A SLM (Smol Language Model) could simulate you-lot's activity in the comments. Just boobs, crossbows, and Promethus, for some reason.
... However, the conversation appears to have dramatically shifted over the last three years, especially now that AI slop has infiltrated and practically assumed control over platforms like Facebook and Instagram: Meta now says it's given up on the sepulchral concept. "We have no plans to move forward with this example," a spokesperson told BI.What about using the LLM to simulate activity from former users to make FaceBook appear more active than it is?
It's not a stretch to assume Meta may have had an ulterior motive to create digital avatars masquerading as the deceased. Facebook has quickly turned into a graveyard of long-forgotten accounts, never-ending ads, unanswered birthday wishes, and updates from that band you hadn't thought about since high school. At the same time, its feeds are filling with toxic AI slop. As engagement drops, the company's core business -- selling ads -- could take a hit.
VANCE: "I'm tempted just to freeze for 20 seconds and just stare at the cameras, and maybe they'll say nice things about me like they do about Congresswoman Cortez." 😂 pic.twitter.com/MIS2zDoMNi
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 19, 2026
The degree to which the “principled anti-Trump Conservatives” at the Bulwark and oftentimes elsewhere have largely turned into everything they claimed they disliked about Trump as they’ve slipped deeper into their roles as mouthpieces for the DNC needs to be studied by science https://t.co/PvlA2RdhTn
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) February 18, 2026
Tell that to over 1600 J6ers who had their lives destroyed for “trespassing,” you horrible communist. @BarackObama https://t.co/75d0gtSxT4
— Nick Searcy, Actor/Director/Producer/Author (@yesnicksearcy) February 19, 2026
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a fraud and a serial fabulist who has been busted over and over and over again for making crap up and pretending it’s science. https://t.co/5rHrRfKVKz
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 19, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)https://www.youtube.com/live/_OI_iStMJEo
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (kvcnI)
Well, that's one way to get rid of an unfavorable jury. He will be celebrated.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 06:37 PM (2gvXb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Unkaren at February 19, 2026 06:39 PM (cDrfF)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 06:39 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 06:37 PM (2gvXb)
That's an odd way to spell "have the shit beaten out of".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 06:39 PM (8zz6B)
That won't get clicks. Her social media branding is "AOC". Who's Cortez?
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 06:40 PM (2gvXb)
Happy Birthday. It was an accident ... I was aiming for the previous post and missed.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at February 19, 2026 06:40 PM (kvcnI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 06:40 PM (8EgcX)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2026 06:41 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 06:41 PM (dIske)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 06:41 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 06:42 PM (8EgcX)
He's a fat black woman.
And an activist.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 06:44 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Accomack at February 19, 2026 06:45 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 06:40 PM (8EgcX)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Bill Nye, The Science Guy at February 19, 2026 06:46 PM (tmCNn)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 19, 2026 06:46 PM (u9jq/)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-36
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 19, 2026
Launch Time: 8:41 p.m. EST (February 20, 0141 UTC, 02:41 CET)
https://youtu.be/VdX4HXYM8FY
Posted by: Joyenz at February 19, 2026 06:46 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 06:47 PM (kLTE4)
On the other hand, Bush did everything Jonathan Last and his boss Bill Kristol wanted over the 2000s.
So whatever Bush is sucking rightfully belongs to Last, and that's gay.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 06:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 06:49 PM (Cqx++)
Took my dad forever just to deactivate mom‘s phone. And then to make matters worse, the kids of a friend of his who only had mom’s number in his phone tried to contact him a few months after that to invite him to their father’s funeral.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 06:49 PM (EXyHK)
=
"could"
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)
Notably, and admirably, ABC has insulated "The View" crew from this political pressure...
No, Tater...just because the ladies gained 40lbs each over the last few years isn't the same kind of insulation...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Accomack at February 19, 2026 06:45 PM (GbONR)
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I think the moniker "CIA Barbie" is grossly unfair to Barbie.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 06:51 PM (rj6Yv)
Sanctions! Ooooooo
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)
The EU has already refused to buy crude oil from him.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 06:52 PM (zZu0s)
I have access to my mom's facebook. They need to leave things alone. Facebook does give the option of turning it into a memorial type page, but I haven't done it.
Posted by: Joyenz at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: washrivergal at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (Vxfi2)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (2J/Lj)
Ugh, ear problems are the worst. My prayers are heading skyward! Feel better soon!
Posted by: hobbitopoly at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (k9OZB)
****
Shivved her with a dull knife while looking into her dead doll eyes.
Posted by: clarence at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (RU/0c)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (3uBP9)
Just like me!!!
Posted by: Bill Nye That Sciencey Dude at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Boss Moss
It took awhile, but I got the reference.
Blood sugar may be low for Lent.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 06:54 PM (gKWVE)
https://www.youtube.com/live/_OI_iStMJEo
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know
Nothing is going to happen.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 06:54 PM (/lPRQ)
OR you could report that it will open up more appearances by political candidates because of equal time requirements. I wonder why you take the subtle, inferential "government is stifling speech/expression" tack when - and clearly this is the case - the non-DNC-endorsed candidates are essentially, expressly excluded.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:54 PM (gLikB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 06:54 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 06:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Who says we're not?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 06:55 PM (FCYiI)
Happy Birthday! Hoping you have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Joyenz at February 19, 2026 06:56 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:54 PM (gLikB)
===
This is especially true when the DNC simply cancels the primary season.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 06:56 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:57 PM (gLikB)
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a scientist!!!
Just like me!!!
Posted by: Bill Nye
The boat a yas suck dick by choice.
stfd & stfu
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 19, 2026 06:57 PM (QVmho)
Sanctions! Ooooooo
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)
***
NYT best-selling book soon to follow!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 06:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Accomack at February 19, 2026 06:57 PM (4OPaX)
Posted by: NC To Ottawa To Apache Junction Greetings at February 19, 2026 06:58 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (2J/Lj)
Ugh, ear problems are the worst. My prayers are heading skyward! Feel better soon!
Posted by: hobbitopoly at February 19, 2026 06:53 PM (k9OZB)
_______________________________
Growing medical issue, along with swimmer's ear. HOWEVER, the increase is mostly due to those "in the ear" ear plugs. Stay away from those if you can help it. Over the ear earphones are best. It allows the moisture out of the ear canal.
Hope you feel better.
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 06:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: kingsman at February 19, 2026 06:58 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 06:59 PM (RIvkX)
Prays ascending uppity wench - maybe try hold a clove in the back of your mouth on the side of the affected ear.
Thanks for all the news today ace 🙂
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2026 06:59 PM (RkOfE)
And welcome back, whig.
Hope you're doing well after your surgery.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:59 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: zombie at February 19, 2026 07:00 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: kingsman
yeah, you can always buy more liver at the King Soopers
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 07:00 PM (gKWVE)
I expect the Horde to party like it's 1999!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 07:00 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2026 07:01 PM (eEPUQ)
Posted by: Accomack at February 19, 2026 07:02 PM (4OPaX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Moronbot SLM at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (tmCNn)
=====
A prayer for complete and speedy healing.
The drops'll start to work right away.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)
I hope you feel better. Ear aches are the worst.
Posted by: Joyenz at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (2F0/Y)
He's nothing but a mouthpiece for the leftist elite's domination of 'The Science'.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)
Sanctions! Ooooooo
Sanctions can be a big deal for a lawyer. Disbarment is a sanction. Yeah, it's not hanging, but disbarment is a big deal. It means you can't do the (likely) one thing you studied for and practiced for years. If you do that one thing, you can go to real jail. Sure you can transition to another career, but for a while you're going to be doing some low barrier to entry, low skill job any college grad can do.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 07:04 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 19, 2026 07:05 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton
----
Just because you have gotten away with your evil actions until now doesn't mean that you always will. I pray your evil deeds come to light and that you fall in the pit you have dug for others.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2026 07:05 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at February 19, 2026 07:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 19, 2026 06:50 PM (2J/Lj)
Praying for your health and healing.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 19, 2026 07:06 PM (y171U)
Posted by: gnats local 678
And yet the Strange New Respect happened for Bush, as soon as Trump became President. Weird.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 07:06 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 19, 2026
Oh no, I am sorry. The changes in pressure must not be helpful either.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 07:07 PM (GMx4K)
Owner must have had a couple of email ads in the queue, and the last one got sent out automatically.
Oh, and the last email was "Can you help me by buying these fine products we have on sale."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 19, 2026 07:10 PM (InJki)
Posted by: kingsman
yeah, you can always buy more liver at the King Soopers.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 07:00 PM (gKWVE)
ibuprofen is processed by the kidneys and tylenol by the liver. Never double or triple up on Tylenol, but you can add it at its single dose amount to ibuprofen perfectly safely. And you can take up to 600 mg of ibuprofen safely if you don't have bleeding issues or stomach upset with it. Dr's will prescribe 800 mg ibuprofen doses to patients sometimes.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 19, 2026 07:13 PM (Sokdp)
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19, 2026 07:17 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 07:20 PM (UjdFS)
Yes. That’s exactly how science works. LOL
——-
I suggest Aspirin over the ersatz modern chemicals, unless contraindicated. Canadia used to have Aspirin with Codeine OTC, I’ve read.
In the US they only lace it with Tylenol, in the hopes of ruining livers, apparently.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 07:25 PM (Ga0s6)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 07:54 PM (xGgfV)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 08:07 PM (vOtXJ)
The Demonic Drunkard Tucker Carlson Spins His Most Brazen Lie Yet, Claiming He Was "Detained" by Evil Jews in Israel
Here are the lies Tucker Carlson pumped out on behalf of his Qatari Paymasters and Case Officers:Might be time to look into the fact that Phillip Nieto of the Daily Mail used to be employed by Tucker Carlson.
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) February 18, 2026
Really slimy stuff. pic.twitter.com/VgBwuSyrr5
American citizen and journalist Tucker Carlson detained in Israel after interviewing our U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) February 18, 2026
We won’t tolerate this.
You just made it worse. pic.twitter.com/bx4hvSYvEa
BREAKING: Former PM of Israel Naftali Bennett rips into Tucker Carlson for his stunt today, lying to the media, to create an international incident. pic.twitter.com/1PMRD18bPy
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 18, 2026
BREAKING: Ambsssafor Huckabee confirms that Tucker Carlson’s claim of being interrogated is a complete fabrication.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 18, 2026
As in every airport, you are asked routine questions and they scan your passport. That’s not interrogation, it’s basic security. pic.twitter.com/D6AHqKGvVx
Nillma F CandidusSee the video for the manhandling of the very delicate Tucker Carlson:
@NilmaFreitas9 22h Just in: Israeli Airports Authority: "Contrary to the reports, Tucker Carlson and his entourage were not detained, delayed, or interrogated. Mr. Carlson and his party were politely asked a few routine questions, in accordance with standard procedures applied to many travelers. The conversation took place in a separate room within the VIP lounge solely to protect their privacy and to avoid conducting such a discussion in public. No unusual incident occurred, and the Israel Airports Authority firmly rejects any other claims." via Israel's MoFA Spox
BREAKING: @OliLondonTV has obtained footage showing Tucker Carlson’s ‘interrogation’ at Ben Gurion airport where he is brought to the VIP security, signed a document, hugged the airport security, smiled with him for a photo, and walked away. pic.twitter.com/qVtdGYQdrT
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 19, 2026
Hope you enjoyed your stay Tucker - great hummus btw 🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/lhTiMx0n3N
— Ami Kozak (@amiKozak) February 19, 2026
Elie Cohen
@ManInDamascus
22h I was paying for overweight luggage on [El Al Airlines] once, and MF'ers confiscated my credit card! CHARGED IT!! THEN GAVE IT BACK!! WTF!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 19, 2026 05:42 PM (jwBFW)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 19, 2026 05:42 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: the Zutt at February 19, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 19, 2026 05:43 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Thrawn at February 19, 2026 05:43 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2026 05:44 PM (GUOwU)
How much does Qatar have to be paying him for him to act like a fucking lunatic?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at February 19, 2026 05:45 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Big Penguin at February 19, 2026 05:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 19, 2026 05:47 PM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Former Congresswoman MTG ULTRA at February 19, 2026 05:47 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 05:47 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: Stephen Colbert at February 19, 2026 05:48 PM (zzhZe)
Turns out all they really did was take his passport, take him off to a private room and ask him questions.
Posted by: Diss Topian at February 19, 2026 05:48 PM (1yBSj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2026 05:48 PM (u82oZ)
They just straight up make shit up. But their left wing base will never hear the truth so it works for them.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 19, 2026 05:49 PM (TtdNq)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 05:49 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:49 PM (yjPLJ)
What a pitiful disappointment he's turned out to be. Like so many others.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 05:50 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 19, 2026 05:50 PM (tmCNn)
At an airport?
in Israel??
Unless he claims it was all AI generated
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at February 19, 2026 05:50 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: Ktgreat at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (33LJY)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Ktgreat at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (33LJY)
I was thinking unhinged...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 05:51 PM (vOtXJ)
Kurt's flameouts raised Carlson's stature because Carlson looked sane and wholesome by that standard.
Nobody then knew that Carlson also entertained weird BDSM fantasies at night.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 05:52 PM (gKWVE)
In some ways it's quite helpful. A lot of people expose their real thought on X like the place is their private diary.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:52 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Max Power at February 19, 2026 05:52 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 19, 2026 05:53 PM (tmCNn)
Posted by: Shabbos Goy at February 19, 2026 05:53 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 05:53 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 05:53 PM (MGB5H)
At an airport?
—-
Doesn’t matter. Everyone reads headlines nobody reads the follow up stories. The narrative was set.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 19, 2026 05:53 PM (TtdNq)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 19, 2026 05:54 PM (KIp7Z)
Posted by: Chuck C at February 19, 2026 05:54 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 19, 2026 05:55 PM (hUS/0)
As soon as Trump tuck the oath Tucker has gotten crazier and crazier.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at February 19, 2026 05:56 PM (zzhZe)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 05:56 PM (QcDuD)
Semi-Literate Thug
I heard that comment in Lili Von Shtupp’s voice.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2026 05:56 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 05:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2026 05:57 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 19, 2026 05:57 PM (tmCNn)
I once heard radio talk show host Jim Bohannon give a scathing critique of the Electoral College towards the end of his run. I know for a fact for the previous 20 years he was a staunch defender.
It’s probably true that people can change their minds over time. Not very often, and not in this case. Somebody paid him to take a different approach, of that I am certain.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 05:58 PM (sDaxV)
I took a train from the Netherlands to Switzerland. Cruised through a couple EU countries and then had a hard stop at the Swiss border in the middle of the night.
Bunch of armed Swiss border agents made everyone product papers. And I mean everyone.
Tucker has turned into an attention whore. He'll say anything just to get coverage.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 05:58 PM (viF8m)
No mention of his name nets any money for him.
Which is something I'd find totally believable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 05:59 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Former Congresswoman MTG ULTRA at February 19, 2026 05:47 PM (qUkBO)
*stares intently*
Posted by: Minbari Ambassador Delenn at February 19, 2026 06:00 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
They took mine too and I'm not even Jewish!
Posted by: They're Diabolical at February 19, 2026 06:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 06:00 PM (+nEug)
Peter Doocy
@pdoocy
🚨BREAKING - ABOARD AF1 ONE: Pres Trump just told me, about Barack Obama’s recent comment that aliens are real, & possible evidence of non-human visitors to earth🚨:
“he gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that. I don’t know if they’re real or not… I can tell you he gave classified information. He made a big mistake”
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 19, 2026 06:01 PM (5FL4d)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 06:00 PM (+nEug)
If they took him hostage no one would want him back
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 06:01 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 19, 2026 06:01 PM (cxFcK)
The dude has gone completely off his rocker.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 06:01 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Former Congresswoman MTG ULTRA at February 19, 2026 05:47 PM (qUkBO)
*stares intently*
Posted by: Minbari Ambassador Delenn at February 19, 2026 06:00 PM (vSvIl)
That's teh hawt.
Posted by: Lennier at February 19, 2026 06:01 PM (tmCNn)
Posted by: The Whine Guy
Yup. It's either border control or no borders.
Posted by: old chick at February 19, 2026 06:01 PM (F3Dlr)
Also, from The Times of Israel, 'Tucker Carlson and Huckabee had ’emotional’ interview in attempt to mend rift in GOP,' says former Fox host who was present.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 06:02 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)
I mean yeah, we get to see a lot of people's true colors but my goodness, it's like climbing into a sewer and wading through chest-deep crap just to get a crumb of bread. YMMV.
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 06:02 PM (yjPLJ)
What Chat will remember: I pulled a Dutch Train with a bunch of Swiss Guys named Frank.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 06:03 PM (1Udfd)
He used to be coherent and on top of stuff, now his Jew hate is burning him up.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 19, 2026 06:03 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 05:58 PM (sDaxV)
I like Catturd2 maybe despite myself.
Because although he's often asinine and posts the wrong takes, I don't think he can be bought. And when he posts the wrong thing, like when he was posting "I stand with Steve Bannon", and it's demonstrated that - here - Bannon was a slimy sloppy little roach; he changes his mind.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 06:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs
I get the same vibe from Nancy Mace and Boebert. All of these hyper self promoting MAGA women are volatile.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 19, 2026 06:04 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
>>They took mine too and I'm not even Jewish!
If they could design a Weather Machine that worked on anything else, they would.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 06:04 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 06:05 PM (a42Vf)
“he gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that. I don’t know if they’re real or not… I can tell you he gave classified information. He made a big mistake”
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Um, he said three things on the matter
1. Aliens are real
2. There aren't any bodies stored at Area 51
3. Unless everyone who knows hides it from the President (implicitly at least him)
Which one of those was classified?
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 06:05 PM (vSvIl)
"Babylon Bee" Headline and story
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 06:05 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:05 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 06:02 PM (NFX2v)
Maybe the kid does good work?
Posted by: pookysgirl, shrugging at February 19, 2026 06:06 PM (Wt5PA)
Which one of those was classified?
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 06:05 PM (vSvIl)
He said he read the report ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 06:06 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 06:00 PM (+nEug)
I have no doubt he would if they'd let him.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 06:06 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
They took mine too and I'm not even Jewish!
Posted by: They're Diabolical
Join the club.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 06:07 PM (SD6jB)
He has turned into a lunatic
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 06:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 19, 2026 06:08 PM (cxFcK)
I'm thinking I should probably reassess everything I ever read/heard from him considering his evolution since Trump's second campaign/term began.
No greasier money than Qatari money, apparently.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:08 PM (gLikB)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 06:09 PM (Pjo0m)
Mr. Steve Miller can explain it best: "Oooh, take the money and run."
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:09 PM (gtcuf)
2. Sentient aliens are real (further away)
3. Einstein is so far undefeated
4. There aren't any sublight aliens within 40 light years
5. There aren't any FTL aliens within 80 light years
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 06:09 PM (gKWVE)
How did Tucker ever rise to prominence? Was he always a nutcase and people just didn't notice? Couldn't hide it any longer?
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2026 05:44 PM (GUOwU)
When he started getting all "Joos ate my baby!", I went back through his Wiki. Even though it's written by commie cocksuckers, there was enough weird shit there (with citations) that I'm pretty well convinced that Cucker was always a Joo-hating loon. Not to mention, a rather skilled con artist who pulled the wool over our eyes for decades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 06:10 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: True Retard at February 19, 2026 06:10 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson is an antisemitic racist at February 19, 2026 06:10 PM (ZSKPQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 06:11 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 06:12 PM (Kc+Vz)
The community calls it 'Disclosure' and now it's starting to filter into more legitimate news sites as a story.
I doubt it, but a lot of people believe it's going to happen.
Now they're claiming Obama was trying to steal Trump's thunder.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:13 PM (6ydKt)
I'm thinking I should probably reassess everything I ever read/heard from him considering his evolution since Trump's second campaign/term began.
No greasier money than Qatari money, apparently.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel
Apply that to the entire universe of 'influencers' and former journalists in this age. They are in it to get paid and paid attention to and not particularly picky about who picks up the tab.
To do that these sleezeballs must get clicks and followers to show their backers that they can actually reach people. So they literally take the ticket. This type of behavior from ruling class types usually occurs right before a major shift where their previous celebutard status has no future going forward. They can only grift up to the credibility of their followers before the crack up.
And the Internet-X seems to be speeding up the process in real time before the inevitable exposure.
Just today, DataRepublican was tearing Tom Nichols a new asshole on X. Well deserved reaming with receipts as usual.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Candace Owens at February 19, 2026 06:14 PM (Lacfh)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 06:14 PM (Pjo0m)
Problem is, "out there" is unfathomably vast and we'll probably never encounter them, nor them us.
Or maybe that's not a problem, if you've read/seen enough sci-fi.
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:15 PM (gtcuf)
2. Sentient aliens are real (further away)
3. Einstein is so far undefeated
4. There aren't any sublight aliens within 40 light years
5. There aren't any FTL aliens within 80 light years
Posted by: gKWVE
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The monolith is for real man. All the members of the Who pissed on it for their album cover in 1971.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:15 PM (E4rtv)
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I follow (some) conspiracy theories. For entertainment. One of the better ones, is Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard performed a Crowley ritual, opening a “portal” that allowed a bunch of aliens to arrive from another dimension, roughly coinciding with the 1947 Roswell incident, blah blah blah.
Crowley drew a sketch of a demon he claimed to have summoned, and it looks a lot like the “grays” that are depicted in UFO accounts. The picture is creepy, and probably shouldn’t be viewed, not sure on that. Evil fuckers, nothing good comes from that. But that’s the story.
Wright-Patterson, presidents come and go, they don’t get to mess with it. Defense contractors do. Reverse engineering parts and pieces, yadda yadda.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 06:15 PM (sDaxV)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 06:05 PM (a42Vf)
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Find out anywhere else.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 06:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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There is always something a bit off about those that wear bow ties.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:17 PM (E4rtv)
My buddy, a 230lbs, 6'3" blonde-haired, blue-eyed German dude who worked for Boeing went to Israel on a business trip. They jacked his ass up at the airport for several hours.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 06:18 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:18 PM (gLikB)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 06:18 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 19, 2026 06:19 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: The Greys at February 19, 2026 06:19 PM (gtcuf)
>> 1. Aliens are real 2. Sentient aliens are real (further away)
One is possible but not likely, two is unlikely and improbable.
The number of miracles and trick-shot to just get to uni-cellular life forms is immense, getting to our level of existence is almost impossible, for there to be intergalactic alien races would mean they have conquered all of the physical, temporal and biological impediments to intergalactic space travel.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 06:20 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Delurker
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And most people think that DC is Hollywood for ugly people is just a phrase.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:20 PM (E4rtv)
They treat everyone who visits the land like a criminal, terrorist, and spy! everyone gets checked 100000000000000000000x and questioned by 20 people before you even make it to what you think it’s checking in to board your plane and get the F out of there. Any of this done to them, hell would break lose and you labeled the A word.
It is the paranoia of a terrorist nation awaiting blowback. almost anything Israel accuses someone else of doing, especially with Palestinians, it's just a projection and they are confessing.
He’s been speaking out against Israel lately. And they’re not happy. They’re gonna show him pictures of his kids. At home, asleep. And suddenly he will no longer be very critical of Israel. He may even be very pro Israel just like Lindsey Graham.
They nailed Charlie Kirk. They'll do it again of needed. Sampson option. Hannibal directive. That’s just scratching the surface.
Israel has no problem killing journalists. Why not Tucker? Genocidal loser ass fake country. your kid gets kidnapped, trafficked, raped, and/or murdered, odds are that Israel funded and backed the people
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 06:20 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 06:21 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: whig
I only trust the otherwise naked ones at the bathhouse.
Posted by: Jared Polis at February 19, 2026 06:21 PM (gKWVE)
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So they must like the weather then?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 06:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: John Bigboote at February 19, 2026 06:23 PM (tmCNn)
I see CandyO is posting at Reddit.
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:23 PM (gtcuf)
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Well, ok then.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 06:24 PM (MGB5H)
1. Aliens are real
2. There aren't any bodies stored at Area 51
3. Unless everyone who knows hides it from the President (implicitly at least him)
Which one of those was classified?
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 06:05 PM (vSvIl)
Is the existence of Area 51 still classified? Wouldn’t surprise me.
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at February 19, 2026 06:24 PM (JRP2U)
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:17 PM (E4rtv)
You take that back!
Posted by: George Will at February 19, 2026 06:24 PM (tmCNn)
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Wow that's serious crazy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 06:24 PM (RIvkX)
Don't get me started on Dungarees.
Posted by: George Will at February 19, 2026 06:25 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Fun fact, L. Ron Hubbard used to be house visitor frequently to Robert A. Heinlein's LA house for a time. Heinlein knew Jack Parsons pretty well also. Given Leslyn, RAH's first wife, was a alcoholic skank and RAH was into swinger lifestyle, I suspect Hubbard and Parsons 'knew' Leslyn.
I think Heinlein's short story, Magic Incorporated was based in part on his political experiences at Sacramento via EPIC and the Magic part based on Parsons and perhaps Hubbard recounting their experiences with the occult.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:25 PM (E4rtv)
Shit, CBD...they are onto us!
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 06:26 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
So you are saying Nichols is a singularity asshole in physics. But I think DataRepublican is arguing that the other side of Tom is a wormhole matching up his asshole with some passageway between the two.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)
They cut off your hair and trample you with an elephant? Ghastly.
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:27 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: George Will
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Aren't you dead yet along with your WaPo column?
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:27 PM (E4rtv)
Considering a lot of visitors spontaneously explode, you're lucky they allow visitors and don't go hunting them.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 06:27 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 06:28 PM (z5QST)
Maybe a dead worm in his brain? IDK. He really isn't all that smart, and honestly, why would anyone believe he was detained in Israel?
Liars gonna lie, I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 06:28 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: whig
An asshole ouroboros? Assoboros?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 06:28 PM (ycI94)
The number of miracles and trick-shot to just get to uni-cellular life forms is immense, getting to our level of existence is almost impossible, for there to be intergalactic alien races would mean they have conquered all of the physical, temporal and biological impediments to intergalactic space travel.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 06:20 PM (XV/Pl)
I'm reminded of an apocryphal story I once read (might have been from a novel) where a college class is tasked with designing an alien life form. The professor walks in and the first question he asks is "Okay, so where's the anus?". Essentially showing that he couldn't imagine an alien unless it's biology was largely consistent with humans.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 06:29 PM (kTyBw)
Part of the problem is that we don’t actually know how likely life is, let alone intelligent life. We don’t know how important things like having a large moon are (not only does it protect us a little from incoming rocks, it also creates tide pools that might have been instrumental in allowing life to develop), or having a Jupiter in the outer solar system instead of the inner solar system, or how common molten cores are, how important an initial bombardment is and how important when it stops is, and so many other factors that we know played into our existence.
We don’t know how long it usually takes life to develop, or how long it usually takes intelligence to develop. Did we get lucky and develop early? Another billion years and we’re looking at not being able to develop in time to make use of so many things that helped us along the path to intelligence.
There are no statistics on this because we’ve got a sample set of one. Anyone claiming statistics is just making very ill-informed guesses. The best guesses will acknowledge that that’s what they are.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 06:30 PM (EXyHK)
youtu.be/5-orZ05poqw
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 06:30 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 05:49 PM (pVNyz)
Yes - remember the space lasers? Attached to Jews, not sharks.
I am glad she is gone. She was our own AOC. The Dems can have her.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 06:30 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 19, 2026 05:54 PM (KIp7Z)
Yeah. What the hell happened to these two? There was a time they both sounded at least reasonable, but in the last few months, both have gone crazy nutso. It doesn't bother me, as their looniness is now well documented, but it does sadden me a bit. I honestly thought, at least Tucker was a person with normal thoughts and beliefs.
But he insisted on proving me wrong.
And Candice Owens? Holy sh*tballs! Stop digging!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2026 06:30 PM (4nEGa)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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When one's head is up one's own asshole like Tom, you get a perfect symmetry of shit for brains.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)
Turns out all they really did was take his passport, take him off to a private room and ask him questions.
Posted by: Diss Topian
And then they raped him.
Posted by: Candace Tucker at February 19, 2026 06:31 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 06:20 PM (ycI94)
That right there is a What the Actual Fuck. I wonder sometimes if these antisemites even know any Jews, or have ever interacted with any. I gotta say, Israeli Jews have plenty of right to hate Americans for our on-again-off-again relationship with them. They are the only thing standing between us and the califate.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 06:32 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 06:30 PM (EXyHK)
This is how I see it too.
The answer to "the statistic show" argument is "show me your exact calculations."
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 06:32 PM (z5QST)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 06:28 PM (z5QST)
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Ami Kozak is very good mimic he imitates other people too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 06:33 PM (RIvkX)
youtu.be/5-orZ05poqw
Posted by: gKWVE
That's an indirect way of saying he's a wonderful person.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 19, 2026 06:33 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Carlson Owens at February 19, 2026 06:33 PM (EXyHK)
He and Jake Tapper are soul brothers.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 06:33 PM (rj6Yv)
youtu.be/5-orZ05poqw
Posted by: gKWVE
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Sabine Hossenfelder was discussing a new paper going back to the idea.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 06:28 PM (z5QST)
His giggle is perfect.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 19, 2026 06:33 PM (eKFUx)
That was horrific! They practically burned his scalp with the interrogation lights and then ripped out his spine. I think even soccer players would be aghast at the trauma.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:33 PM (gLikB)
I see CandyO is posting at Reddit.
Posted by: Delurker
Candy O was a great Cars album!
youtu.be/HctRUEgeLt0
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 06:35 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19,
I would love to go to Israel. I think it would be an overwhelmingly emotional experience.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 06:35 PM (kLTE4)
Turns out all they really did was take his passport, take him off to a private room and ask him questions.
Posted by: Diss Topian
And then they raped him.
Posted by: Candace Owens
Then they poured bleach on him and yelled "This is MAGA country!"
Posted by: Jussie Smollett at February 19, 2026 06:35 PM (ycI94)
Fair enough.
10 Billion Trillion Stars: The sheer number of stars in the universe makes the likelihood of Earth being the only home to life statistically small.
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (gtcuf)
He and Jake Tapper are soul brothers.
Posted by: mrp
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People that are self important never read the reviews. Both of those nasty pieces of work would be improved by simply being neurotic instead of narcissistic personality types.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 06:37 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Former Congresswoman MTG ULTRA at February 19, 2026 05:47 PM (qUkBO)
*stares intently*
Posted by: Minotaur Milking Farm Ambassodor at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Jussie Smollett
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Just another reason to never visit an airport Subway sandwich spot.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: whig
If you're a regular viewer of RedLetterMedia, you know who Neil Breen. Sadly, every time I see Sabine Hossenfelder, I see a tranny Neil Breen lol.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (ycI94)
Did not.
Sour grapes he is.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Again.
And I'm going to rethink the "insane" assertions now. I'm leaning into corrupt. This is intentional, measured.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (gLikB)
They nailed Charlie Kirk. They'll do it again of needed. Sampson option. Hannibal directive. That’s just scratching the surface.
Just shows how stupid and uneducated the average commie cocksucker Twatter/Reddit user is. Doesn't understand what the Sampson Option really is.
For folks who don't know, it's Israel's nuclear strategy. The idea is simply that if the Arabs ever got their shit together (doubtful) and were actually in danger of genociding the Israelis into the Med, the endgame would be to nuke the hell out of their own lands in response. Basically, if we can't have our ancestral homeland, no one else is gonna have it either.
It's a strategy that is only useful IF THE MOHAMMEDANS GO FULL POGROM on the Israelis. A response to genocide committed by Arabs.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 06:39 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Former Congresswoman MTG ULTRA at February 19, 2026 05:47 PM (qUkBO)
*stares intently*
Posted by: Minotaur Milking Farm Ambassodor
Have you tried calling yourself a knucklehead?
Posted by: Tim Walz at February 19, 2026 06:39 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (E4rtv)
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whig, Ace oft mentioned JT's maniacal DMs (IMs?) in reaction to everything Ace posted about him on Twitter, etc. Carlson is the same type.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 06:39 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Tucker's internal monologue
"Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear
I thought that you'd want what I want
Sorry, my dear
But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns
Don't bothеr, they're herе"
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:40 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: banana Dream
CIA Barbie, Governor (VA)? The marxist lying bitch plans to run for President.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 06:40 PM (yKhjs)
When you cut out the stars that can’t possibly support life, it gets a whole lot smaller. In our own galaxy I’ve seen reasonable estimates of systems that might potentially support life in the hundreds, and lower. It all depends on what assumptions you make about what is required for life to develop, and then your assumptions about what it takes for intelligent life to develop.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 06:40 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 06:41 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19
I wonder if he was always this way behind closed doors and this was why Fox said yep, we are totally fine yeeting you out the door.
Candace Owens has always been a grifter extraordinaire. If she thinks this is the platform to make money, well that is her newly found, deeply held belief system.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 06:42 PM (kLTE4)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 19, 2026 06:42 PM (gLikB)
A whole lot smaller than 10 billion trillion. So, only, what a mere one billion trillion?
Also, you added the word "intelligent." Way to move the goalposts.
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:43 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 19, 2026 06:43 PM (tmCNn)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026
Aren’t you supposed to be pretty to get the Barbie moniker?
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 06:43 PM (kLTE4)
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That would be a weird point to make against him, since I don't think he named it in the interview. He did that stumbling over words thing that's common when he doesn't have a teleprompter, and the interviewer named Area 51.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 06:43 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: mrp
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Could be. If Qatarlson does it though Ace should let us in like with Tapper.
Posted by: whig at February 19, 2026 06:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 06:44 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Delurker at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (gtcuf)
That's handwaving bullshit that doesn't at all account for what conditions are essential to the development of life (let alone intelligent life) and how often those specific conditions are statistically likely to occur. You really can't say whether or how likely life is likely to be without a coherent theory as to how life arises in the first place. And all we have there, if we're being honest, is equally handwavy bullshit about hot pools and amino acids. It's not math or statistics in any scientifically rigorous way.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 06:44 PM (z5QST)
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Assuming life started here randomly.
Which is a pretty big assumption that most people want to ignore.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 06:44 PM (vSvIl)
youtu.be/5-orZ05poqw
Posted by: gKWVE
I've been watching this guy off and on for several years.
He's really good at explaining some of these complicated subjects in physics, cosmology and astronomy.
Russian emigre to Australia, I believe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:45 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 19, 2026 06:45 PM (sI5HU)
The other 50 Areas are were the real secret shit is.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)
I did no such thing. I wrote both of life and of intelligent life, because this discussion is covering both topics. There are additional assumptions that must be made for intelligent life, of which we know even less than for life, of which we know practically nothing.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 06:45 PM (EXyHK)
Including Delurker, at 91, if I’m reading that comment correctly…
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 06:47 PM (EXyHK)
Which is a pretty big assumption that most people want to ignore.
Posted by: Methos
What if I told you it wasn't random, but by some design which would never be done anywhere else. QED.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 06:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at February 19, 2026 06:49 PM (vFG9F)
——
Hindsight is 20/20
In 1942 the allies were getting their ass kicked. Bad. Pearl Harbor fleet was nearly destroyed. Fears of an invasion, the west coast, were very real.
You have to read history closely to begin to understand. It’s also worth noting the US government wasn’t leaving anything to chance. World War 2 was a close run thing. The USA had its ass in the wind.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 06:56 PM (1biuY)
Posted by: C. Tarlson at February 19, 2026 07:19 PM (ZmwMh)
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 19, 2026 07:50 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Hh475 at February 19, 2026 09:29 PM (QmYzo)
The Atlantic Publishe a Viral "Report" Account of a Boy Dying of Measles Because His Parents Didn't Vaccinate Him.
One Small Problem: The "Report" Is Actually Fiction, a "Hypothetical" Morality Play But That Atlantic Presented It As Actual Truth.
The Washington PostThat's the Washington Post soft-peddling what woke Fake Christian arch-lefty Elizabeth Bruenig did, and what the absurd AWFUL vanity vengeance project The Atlantic did. They felt the story was misleading? IT WAS, FACTUALLY, MISLEADING. It was presented as "reportage" when it was purely an exercise in creative writing. Yes, it's based on the reality of how measles can be deadly -- but Star Trek isn't Real Journalism just because it's based, at some distance, on some actual science. It's a dramatization. And that's what this is -- at best, it's a dramatization of what could happen if measles is left untreated in a child. But it was presented as what really happened to two real children really exposed to measels. Elizabeth Bruenig wrote a completely fictitious story about a boy dying of measles. Because, presumably, his MAGA/MAHA parents didn't vaccinate him. Once again, there is no mention of the 15 million completely unvaccinated illegal aliens flooding this country. And they're much more likely to actually be carriers of measels, because they come from places with low vaccination rates that do not have the "herd immunity" needed to put a disease into extinction. But ignoring that -- this story was a work of fiction. But The Atlantic really wanted to put those MAGA/MAHA vaccine skeptics on blast, and really give its AWFUL readership something to be outraged about, something to feel superior about, so the printed this literal fiction as a real, true piece of factual journalism. I repeat: It is fiction. I don't mean it's biased, I mean the Fake Christian lefty just made the story up -- based on real reports and real science, she says -- to serve as a harrowing morality play about vaccine hesitancy.
@washingtonpost Elizabeth Bruenig's account of a mother's experience learning her child will die of measles has remained one of the Atlantic's most read stories since it was published. But some say the story felt misleading once they learned it was reported fiction.
But her condition does not improve over the next couple of days. Her cough wracks her whole body, rounding her delicate bird shoulders. She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis. What you will learn later is that the tiny air sacs inside her lungs have become breeding grounds for the virus, and the inflammation generated by her immune response is inhibiting oxygen from reaching her bloodstream. You don't want to worry your daughter, so you try to sound calm when you call the pediatrician and describe her symptoms at a rapid clip. The receptionist responds gently, types swiftly, and then pauses. Are your children vaccinated? she asks. Her tone is flat and inscrutable, but you detect an undercurrent of judgment. You wince and tell her the truth. No, you say, no vaccines. She puts you on hold. While you wait, you take your son out of his high chair and wipe his runny nose with his bib.This is what The Atlantic claims was a valid disclaimer alerting you to the fact that everything you just read was made-up -- based on medical reports about untreated measles, yes, but an entirely fictitious story about children who do not exist:
This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews with physicians, including those who have cared directly for patients with measles.Does that alert you to the fact that this is a work of fiction? Far from it -- it insists this is real reportage. And The Atlantic, looking to get some viral advertising, presented it as fact until other reporters started asking about it. The story -- the fiction -- was originally published as a 100% true factual "journalistic" account, with no warning or disclaimer to alert readers to the contrary.
At least, not until The Atlantic's foray into Imaginary Journalism began provoking a reaction from journalists who like to pretend they don't do this same thing every single day.
When I initially read Bruenig's story, I was stunned: An Atlantic staff writer's unvaccinated child had died of measles in the 2020s, and now she was writing about it? At the end of Bruenig's piece, though, there's an editor's note: "This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews with physicians, including those who have cared directly for patients with measles." That was the point when I sent a gift link to my mom group: "as far as I can tell this piece is fiction. What do we think about this choice? I am very conflicted!!!" My conflict stemmed from my concern that, though the piece was heavily researched, it was not a true story. I wondered if the key people whose minds might be changed by it -- people who don't vaccinate their kids -- would brush it off as fiction, or fake.And that's this journalist's only concern -- not that falsehood is being presented as fact, but just that this story, once revealed to be fiction, would fail to serve its purpose as pro-vaccine propaganda. More:
This particular shill is defending the deceit as, get this, "creative nonfiction." Bullshit, says Rachel Beddard.
Update 2/19/2026: After this piece was published, I heard from two different people who received The Atlantic's original press push email for the piece around 4:30 PM on Thursday afternoon. At that time, when they clicked through, there was not an editor's note/disclaimer on the piece at all. Both of those readers, who are professional journalists, responded to the press email with confusion and asked if the story was real. An Atlantic spokesperson emailed one of these readers back and said, "This is based on a mother's real account. Thanks for checking." Sometime after that, the disclaimer was added and it was there when I read the story around 7 PM on Thursday night. An Atlantic spokesperson told me yesterday, "The note was added almost immediately after publication." [Emphasis added.] This information is significant to me because it suggests that within The Atlantic there was confusion about whether the piece was fictional. Some Atlantic readers seem to share my sense of conflict -- or missed the editor's note and thought it was true. "Thank you to this mom for the incredible generosity of sharing this story -- nothing could be more tragic. I'm so sorry," one commenter wrote. Another reader commented: "Beautiful, powerful writing! This is not the reporter's personal story, correct? Is it one family's true story or a composite based on her reporting? I find it very compelling and potentially persuasive to families who question vaccines. I would love to know more about how the piece came together."
Rachael BedardI blame The Atlantic for this. They probably commissioned the "creative nonfiction." They weren't deceived about this being a made-up dramatization. The Atlantic chose to sell this to readers as real, because they really wanted that propaganda impact.
@RBMD1982 First, as @Megankstack and @laurahazardowen and others have noted, this piece wasn't "reported", it was researched; and it isn't creative non-fiction, it is just fiction. It is not based on a real family's story. It is entirely invented. Per Bruenig's interview w Laura, she never actually spoke to a family where the children had measles and suffered complications; she simply interviewed doctors who had experience with measles patients or knew about the virus's potential harms. This isn't any different than the kind of research lots of novel writers engage in as they write their fiction. It does not constitute the fact gathering that amounts to a true story.
The piece was advertised to other journalists as a real, genuine story. You know, as actually true:
You thought your unvaccinated daughter had a cold. It could be a week before she's diagnosed with measles. By then, the virus “has multiplied and descended upon her lungs, kidneys, tonsils, and spleen, down to the marrow of her bones.” Elizabeth Bruenig writes about how a child… pic.twitter.com/fTZMHGLbUq
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 13, 2026
To +1 @laurahazardowen
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) February 19, 2026
I've also seen PDF of Atlantic piece on measles as first posted.
a/ Originally it had no editor's note
b/ PR rep initially told reporter (in note I've seen) "this is based on a mother's real account."
If Atlantic was confused, why wouldn't readers be? https://t.co/oWFlaktBWe
To +1 @laurahazardowen
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) February 19, 2026
I've also seen PDF of Atlantic piece on measles as first posted.
a/ Originally it had no editor's note
b/ PR rep initially told reporter (in note I've seen) "this is based on a mother's real account."
If Atlantic was confused, why wouldn't readers be? https://t.co/oWFlaktBWe
First, as @Megankstack and @laurahazardowen and others have noted, this piece wasn’t “reported”, it was researched; and it isn’t creative non-fiction, it is just fiction. It is not based on a real family’s story. It is entirely invented. Per Bruenig’s interview w Laura, she never…
— Rachael Bedard (@RBMD1982) February 14, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 04:39 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: GF at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (mFN/k)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 04:41 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 19, 2026 04:41 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 04:42 PM (mluK8)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)
-- Josef Stalin, or someone like that
Posted by: zombie at February 19, 2026 04:42 PM (se8lQ)
Team USA just got their gold medals in women's hockey.
Every one of them were singing their asses off, most of them with tears in their eyes.
As it should be.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 19, 2026 04:42 PM (oSeBJ)
I think you mean carriers of disease
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 04:43 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Stephen Glass at February 19, 2026 04:43 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 04:43 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 04:43 PM (z5QST)
One Small Problem: The "Report" Is Actually Fiction, a "Hypothetical" Morality Play But That Atlantic Presented It As Actual Truth.
I...don't see the problem here. Sure, some details are off, but the truthiness of the underlying story is accurate.
Posted by: Dan Rather at February 19, 2026 04:43 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (DsA2n)
Yes, we have some fools in the fold, but for the most part, MAGA are honest and straightforward. That's why they are MAGA folks.
It's rather like all the black hate hoaxes, or the homosexual hate hoaxes. There just aren't enough racists or bigots for leftists to hate, so they make them up.
This is no different. Kids don't die from measles anymore.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (I40wl)
Assume it is true - He got measles from an illegal alien.
Could call it biological warfare.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: zombie at February 19, 2026 04:45 PM (se8lQ)
I'm not seeing the issue.
Posted by: Stephen Glass at February 19, 2026 04:45 PM (8mulE)
"Come back to me", 20 year old Sophie Marceau pleaded. "I can't live without your Paolo-esque manhood." "No", I replied, "no harbor is my home". "At least you're an honest man", she sobbed.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
The Nazis deliberately tried to erase Jews and other ethnic groups. The Japanese were murderous and evil, too (and worse in many ways), but when the metric was "who was more genocidal", I don't know if the Japanese were actually trying to ERADICATE a specific group of people like the Nazis did. They enslaved and abused and murdered, sure, but tried to systematically eradicate?
Posted by: Military Moron
The Japs were not really on board with the Shoah. They didn't hate Jews any more than they hated other Westerners. I get the impression that they were rather perplexed by Nazi Jew-hatred.
Posted by: Bulg
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:46 PM (77rzZ)
I didn't die. In fact, I don't think there was ever any worry that I would do anything except recover.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 19, 2026 04:46 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: It's me donna
Ix-nay on the acts-fay.
Posted by: zombie at February 19, 2026 04:46 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 04:46 PM (j+aD2)
Yep. This is the MO of leftists. Oh, you aren't my enemy?, so I'll make you my enemy.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 04:47 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 04:47 PM (I40wl)
I think you mean carriers of disease
Posted by: No Name Today
An honest mistake, these last five or six years.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 04:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2026 04:47 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 04:48 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: It's me donna
Ironically, the only thing that makes the story plausable is flooding the country with diseased masses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 04:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 04:49 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 04:49 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:49 PM (Kc+Vz)
It's like a manifesto. Sorta'
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 04:50 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 04:50 PM (lUh0I)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 04:50 PM (/lPRQ)
I didn't die. In fact, I don't think there was ever any worry that I would do anything except recover.
Posted by: Emmie
Friend of mine had measles too. Yawn. Out of school for a week, back like nothing happened.
Measles was more dangerous in the 1200-1900 era.. But like all diseases, it evolved over the years to be more contagious but less serious. Gone are the days that measles was a death sentence -- just syphilis, Covid, etc. etc. -- all ameliorated over time.
Posted by: zombie at February 19, 2026 04:50 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: The Atlantic at February 19, 2026 04:51 PM (2gvXb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 04:51 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2026 04:51 PM (GUOwU)
Measles vaccine goes back to the early 70s. AFAIK, never much controversy about it, dunno if any suspected downsides. Then again, in the context of a "healthcare" saturated modern society, measles is generally a nothingburger (OTOH first thing you do with refugee populations is give them a measles shot, among others, depending location/conditions).
Thought the issue (mostly) with vaccine "resistance" is a common sense rebellion at *dozens* of "vaccinations" beginning, FFS, with *infants*.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2026 04:51 PM (U/Byj)
Can't hate 'em enough.
Posted by: spongeworthy at February 19, 2026 04:51 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: Bulg
Answered my own question: Jayson Blair, NYT.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:51 PM (77rzZ)
There’s a footnote this was written after talking with doctors who deal with measles cases, so the way I understood it was this is based on a composite of true stories.
People were complaining about this article being fictional, but personally I enjoy bruenigs prose
They’ll call it fiction since they’ve never seen it. But sadly, because of how things are now, they’re already denying things they have seen with their own eyes. We are entering a dark age.
Get your kids vaccinated for this, for their sake and for other kids. I was vaccinated and still got it, because someone else didn't get the vaccine.
'it hits you, this is not the flu. this is not chicken pox. this is something serious.' le ugh. i hate that cavalier attitude, when both of those can also have life long serious consequences🙄 (rare- like measles but still noteworthy)
You forget the kicker, where you tell yourself measles isn't so bad, it only killed one of your kids. And it was God's will
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 04:52 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:52 PM (Kc+Vz)
An Atlantic staffer's kid. So relatable.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2026 04:52 PM (diia5)
Posted by: SS at February 19, 2026 04:52 PM (e8Nbd)
Posted by: Dan Rather at February 19, 2026 04:52 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: WisRich at February 19, 2026 04:53 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 19, 2026 04:53 PM (2ap+5)
I think you'd be better off using O'Brian's Mauritius Command or Nordoff and Hall's Mutiny on the Bounty as factual. (The former is actually quite close.)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2026 04:53 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 04:53 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 04:54 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Atlantic Editor at February 19, 2026 04:54 PM (0e5Te)
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They don't appear to even know this is a made-up story. One guy tweets, "This superb article deserves a Pulitzer, for real."
Lord have mercy.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 04:54 PM (qBdHI)
But this lie, this one right here… this will be the one to wake people up.
At last.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 04:54 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Thanks. I had her confused with the Jayson Blair story I mentioned above. Both fabulists, and fairly close together in time, IIRC.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:55 PM (77rzZ)
There are real people dying of measles right now in the world.
They are just ... the wrong skin color and don't live in the United States.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 04:55 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 04:55 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 04:45 PM
Sophie, you're a fine girl.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 04:55 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 04:55 PM (r3hkP)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (uQzkA)
I was fake wondering this myself. If my fake child had a fake cough for more than a few fake days I'd call the fake doctor for sure.
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 04:56 PM (iA2Bg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:56 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:56 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 04:57 PM (abIsI)
262 261
‘ And according to Bill O'Reilly's book did some pretty sick sexual stuff too.’
You mean the Japs did, not Bill, right?
Posted by: Dr. Claw
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 04:58 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 04:58 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Similar to that time every month where she takes lots of pain killers, eats lots of ice cream, and is extra irritable at work.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 19, 2026 04:58 PM (Xjl//)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 04:52 PM
That's not how this works..
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 04:58 PM (jc0TO)
Damn reality refuses to conform to My Truth.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 04:58 PM (aM1Wh)
Posted by: zombie at February 19, 2026 04:50 PM (se8lQ)
Better diet, more sun, less pollution, better quarters, less lead, more vitamin A, aspirin . . . All of these things make the body better prepared.
The nortwest indians were destroyed by measles, but they had marginal nutrition in the winter, no understanding of how it spread, no genetic background with the disease, and worst of all they would treat it with poultices, steam baths followed by cold plunges, and the epidemic destroyed the community links that would have been possible to help nurse each other through the disease outbreak.
Parents would abandon children, neighbors would abandon each other, and leave the sick to starve or not out of fear of infection. This is what happened during the black plagues in Europe as well.
I think it was a measles outbreak that led to the Whitman massacre, too. Lots of panic and searches for scapegoats
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 04:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 04:59 PM (YwEeS)
See Also: “Potentially” or “Perceived”.
One facet of modern writing, everyone is loathe to make declarative statements of facts. Lots of “can” or “may” when there is no question or debate on the matter.
This “rule” however is rejected when actual opinion, libel or slander is used against say, Trump.
Never any “alleged” or other reasonable qualifiers.
Juvenile editorials presented as straight news.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 04:59 PM (pPsbV)
(OK, class, who can guess how this come-back occurred?)
Far far down the article, well into the jump section on another page ..... drum roll .... was the half-assed admission that the resurgence of said disease in the US was centered in ...... second drum roll .... border states!!! Surprise!
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2026 04:59 PM (U/Byj)
Haven’t seen much of his sister, either.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 04:58 PM (qBdHI)
Sure, Jan.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 05:00 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 05:00 PM (jc0TO)
Re: Absent Friend - Jim Sunk New Dawn 2025
Kim DuToit still has one long gun of Jim's to liquidate for the estate. See linky in my nicky.
In part -
Parker-Hale M48 Mauser (.308 Win)
So here’s the deal.
I’m raffling this lovely rifle off to you, O my Readers. $10 per ticket, no limit on the number of tickets per person, and I’m keeping the raffle open until I get the amount collected up to where I won’t be embarrassed to pass it on to the Widow Irish. (Reminder: I do not benefit financially from any of this. All the money less the shipping cost goes straight to her.)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 05:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 19, 2026 05:00 PM (+mUZM)
Imagine this desiccated old crone sitting around flicking her bean over writing a fictitious story about a child dying of a communicable disease.
Vile shit.
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 05:00 PM (5aZAZ)
At least Steve Glass is now living his best life out on the west coast not writing "journalism". I guess he saved his soul.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 05:01 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
That's not how this works..
Posted by: toby928(c)
Honestly not sure if that was a genuine idiot, or one of Our People in a sheep costume.
Posted by: mikeski at February 19, 2026 05:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 05:01 PM (vbXSk)
They enjoy controlling people and telling them what to do, and demand submission and compliance.
Doesn't matter what the to[pic is or the purported reason for it: Like all sadists, the goal is merely to assert total dominance over others. Often the sadist will conccoct random pointless task and demands, jus to see the other person submit.
Wit sadists, the pleasure is sexual. With leftist, it could be sexual as well, but more often sublmated into a grotesque twisted mental triumph.
Posted by: zombie at February 19, 2026 05:02 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 19, 2026 05:02 PM (qFwJc)
263 A Muslim man wearing a *kalawa on his wrist, a *tilak on his forehead, and *Rudraksha beads around his neck was befriending Hindu girls in Indore.
*Hindu ritual ornaments
Bajrang Dal (Hindu vigilantes) caught him, beat him, and paraded him to the police station.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 05:03 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
That's not how this works..
Posted by: toby928(c)
Due to the covid "vaccine" these people actually believe that vaccines don't stop you from getting the disease.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 05:03 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: illiniwek
That's awful! That's why I wear a mask, even when alone in my car or at home. I don't want to risk re-infecting myself!
Posted by: Branch Covidian at February 19, 2026 05:03 PM (JCZqz)
US gets Gold in women's whatever it is. Free skate? Short program? I don't know what it's called.
Japs were Silver and Bronze.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 05:03 PM (aM1Wh)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 05:04 PM (abIsI)
Haven’t seen much of his sister, either.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)
He shows up every 4 yrs to shit on the GOP and tell people to vote Democrat. I was shocked to see he is married to a Woman and has kids.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 19, 2026 05:04 PM (FCrpy)
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Good thing it wasn't Bill Gates vaccine or you would be dead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 05:04 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 04:43 PM (pVNyz)
Same with TB. Something we almost never saw in the US anymore until...
Posted by: Thanks Biden at February 19, 2026 05:05 PM (TbWk/)
The people who had such a hard on for that vaxx gave me pause. I contracted it in February of 2020 and recovered. Long before any vaccine was a gleam in Fauci’s eye.
There was no way I was going to take it for that reason. “Oh, that’s Double Plus Good!!”
Sure, Jan
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 05:05 PM (pPsbV)
But some say the story felt misleading once they learned it was idiotic contrived bullshit.
Posted by: banana Dream - 1001 nights at February 19, 2026 05:06 PM (qLtZW)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 05:06 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 19, 2026 05:06 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Sid at February 19, 2026 05:06 PM (qdmJK)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 05:01 PM (vbXSk)
My son Beau died of measles while fighting Nazis in Kabul
Posted by: Joe My Word as a Biden at February 19, 2026 05:07 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 05:07 PM (2UnvF)
Didn't Barry Obama claim his fictional biography presented a "composite" girlfriend? Or was that some other fraud?
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 05:07 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 05:07 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 05:07 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 05:08 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 19, 2026 05:08 PM (eStot)
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 05:08 PM (5aZAZ)
Thanks to all who explained this term a couple of posts ago.
Posted by: Field Marshal Bricktop at February 19, 2026 05:08 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 05:09 PM (Sy6m/)
By the ancient laws of combat, Alberta is now rightfully ours
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 05:09 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 05:08 PM (FCYiI)
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Suggested edit.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 05:09 PM (2UnvF)
AI is going to make this worse. They just got caught here.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 05:10 PM (zZu0s)
____
Hah, a MAHA might have snuck through Reddit Moderator defenses.
Of course this fake article (farticle?) might backfire on Atlantic's lefty readers. They might be more inclined to load their one child they had at 42 with all the vaccines as soon and as close together as possible. Which might not be a good strategy.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 05:10 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 05:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 05:09 PM (2UnvF)
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Embrace the power of "and."
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 05:11 PM (5aZAZ)
Ace, I think you mean,"based on real reports and real science, she CLAIMS WITHOUT EVIDENCE"
Posted by: RandomDave at February 19, 2026 05:11 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Karen in HR at February 19, 2026 05:11 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 19, 2026 05:11 PM (CHHv1)
262 261
‘ And according to Bill O'Reilly's book did some pretty sick sexual stuff too.’
You mean the Japs did, not Bill, right?
Posted by: Dr. Claw
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 04:58 PM (jbnUc)
Yes...the Japanese - not good old Bill....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 05:12 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Karen in HR
We don't believe in facts, we believe in truth.
-president shitpants
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 05:12 PM (MGB5H)
Japs were Silver and Bronze.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
US beat Canada to get the gold I women's hockey too. Yea!
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 05:12 PM (lJ0H4)
The nerve of those people.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 19, 2026 05:12 PM (vFG9F)
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2h
>>🚨BREAKING: An explosive deposition clip just surfaced of Les Wexner revealing that Jeffrey Epstein claimed he was the financial adviser to Élie de Rothschild and the Rothschild family in France.
>>Wexner says he personally verified it:
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)
* a single "human interest" story
* a single political statement/gesture of any kind
* a single commercial of any kind
All while watching hours and hours of cross-country, biathlon, speed skating, and (a bit) of men's hockey and luge. All this took was $11 for one month of Peacock (which will be cancelled), and minimal tactical agility with browsers, mute, etc.
I am not a TV producer type, so not sure exactly what's going on. But at least in the nordic skiing coverage, the on-air team will cut to their third wheel (I think for stupid human interest s**t). In the replays (almost all I watch), there is simple dead air, while the cameras continue to cover the race. Then back to the main guys. So even *that* small annoyance is absent.
Just FYI. Carry on.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2026 05:13 PM (U/Byj)
But some say the story felt misleading once they learned it was idiotic contrived bullshit.
Posted by: banana Dream - 1001 nights at February 19, 2026 05:06 PM (qLtZW)
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How odd!!! I've had a dream very much like that. And I owned a liquor store and a private jet.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 05:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, still mystified by who, exactly, Guthrie is at February 19, 2026 05:13 PM (XeU6L)
I had measles when I was a kid. There was no measles vaccine back then. And not so many wetbacks.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 05:13 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Got to keep the trustfund intact.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 05:13 PM (1whRW)
It should be fueled by now.
Posted by: pawn at February 19, 2026 05:14 PM (+rKuc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 05:15 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 05:16 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 05:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 05:16 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
Beards.
Posted by: And not the facial hair kind at February 19, 2026 05:16 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 05:16 PM (Kt19C)
That bitch, Stephi Graf
Posted by: Monica Seles at February 19, 2026 05:18 PM (8mulE)
I had measles when I was a kid. There was no measles vaccine back then. And not so many wetbacks.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Measles, both kind, mumps. Ever body did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 05:18 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 05:19 PM (MGB5H)
......
My brother sends me links.
Sometimes I wonder if he really is my sister.
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 05:20 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Mumps. I remember it well. Very painful. I had it on both sides of my mouth.
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 05:21 PM (lJ0H4)
I had measles when I was a kid. There was no measles vaccine back then. And not so many wetbacks.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Measles, both kind, mumps. Ever body did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
And chicken pox.
But not monkey pox.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 05:21 PM (Cqx++)
The first thing we had to know was that it should be based on things that actually happened.
You can give the events a creative spin through the use of figurative language, but the story should reflect real events.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 05:22 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:22 PM (+nEug)
In the conversation the nurse asked about my tetanus booster situation (I recently had one), then we talked about the "P" coming back. She was great. Furiously fuming over the lack of a border.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2026 05:22 PM (U/Byj)
Some unvaccinated Right Wing zealot who stopped by to yell racial slurs through the barbed wire must have transmitted it to them.
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 05:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: pahound at February 19, 2026 05:23 PM (z7yPV)
Glad I was never a Perry ass sniffer.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 05:24 PM (abIsI)
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"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." -- Lenin
I mention again:
"We choose truth over facts" -Biden
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 05:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: banana Dream - TRUTHY! at February 19, 2026 05:25 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:26 PM (+nEug)
[ .] [. ]
Posted by: Rick Perry at February 19, 2026 05:26 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 05:15 PM (2UnvF)
And Nancy's daughter tried to have her vaccinated, but RFK Jr. stood in her way, waving his hands in her face and yelling, "Pubugubuh! Bupugubh!" And now she's dead.
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 05:27 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 05:16 PM (rbvCR)
No, the Urban Biathlon is committing a drive-by shooting while pedaling a bicycle. Back in my street cop days, we arrested a misunderstood minority yoot that did that.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 19, 2026 05:27 PM (pJWtt)
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:27 PM (yjPLJ)
Posted by: Rick Perry at February 19, 2026 05:26 PM (UjdFS)
Remember, ace said those were the sexiest glasses he'd ever seen on a man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 05:28 PM (zZu0s)
Glad I was never a Perry ass sniffer.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 05:24 PM (abIsI)
Three places Perry can f-off to:
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Chief Lizzy Warren at February 19, 2026 05:29 PM (wGerL)
Glenn Beck says the GOD has spoken to him, like most famous world leaders, he was told by GOD that he's here to continue his podcast show and expose the evil truths.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 05:29 PM (abIsI)
‘Fuck you!’
— Scotty
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 05:30 PM (Pjo0m)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
......
She caught it from the illegal alien who abducted her.
Now all the vultures south of Nogales have it.
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 05:30 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:29 PM (3uBP9)
The ranch with the racist rock
His HPV mandate idea bucket
Uh. Ummmmm... Errrrrrr....
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:31 PM (yjPLJ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 05:31 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 05:31 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 05:29 PM (abIsI)
Huh. Remember Beck on headline news?
Hell, remember headline news?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)
tinyurl.com/2hunp464
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (+nEug)
Oh thank goodness, what would we do without another grifting podcaster.
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (yjPLJ)
Reckon this might be the same angel that revealed the Koran to Muhammad.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)
Save your money, Rick. Cornyn is toast.
Posted by: Ben Had
Hi Ben Had!
I'm okay with Rick Perry pissing away his own money on lost causes and shameless whores.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 19, 2026 05:33 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (+nEug)
Ben! How are you my dear?
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:34 PM (yjPLJ)
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (yjPLJ)
To be fair, this one does not rant about the jews or Erika kirks underwear.
Sidebar: does he(beck?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 05:35 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:29 PM (3uBP9)
___________________________
Ever see the wheelchair scene in the movie "Manhunter?"
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 05:35 PM (dIske)
Hell, remember headline news?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)
I remember Andrea Thompson's boobs, before and after her Headline News stint.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 05:35 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 05:35 PM (Pjo0m)
tinyurl.com/2hunp464
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (gKWVE)
There was a recent news about one of the expensive truffle brands. They are doing the same thing. If they don't people will probably buy the slop from someone else instead. Candy is not really in my universe anymore so I guess I don't care.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:36 PM (3uBP9)
You can give the events a creative spin through the use of figurative language, but the story should reflect real events.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"
OK. So the kid didn't die, just had a bad fever. And it was a cold, not the measles. Close enough to say based on a true story.
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2026 05:36 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:36 PM (+nEug)
Are there bashful whores? Or do you have to go to an island for those
Posted by: Bill, uh, Smith, not from Redmond at February 19, 2026 05:36 PM (gKWVE)
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But if you cancel how will you keep up with the Real Housewives of New Jersey??
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 05:37 PM (RIvkX)
Glenn Beck says the GOD has spoken to him, like most famous world leaders, he was told by GOD that he's here to continue his podcast show and expose the evil truths.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 05:29 PM (abIsI)
God, being ... um ... God, CAN communicate with us. Whether Glenn Beck has been touched by the Holy Spirit, I have no idea.
But to say it couldn't have possibly happened is incorrect. 2000 years of experiences by Christian mystics say otherwise.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 19, 2026 05:37 PM (pJWtt)
Sidebar: does he(beck?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 05:35 PM (zZu0s)
Fair question. I just remember him crying all the time.
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:37 PM (yjPLJ)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 05:35 PM (Pjo0m)
There was a push (not sure how big, really) back on vaccines before covid. Hell, a long time before. Wasn't it Jenny McCarthy who was one of the OG antivax peeps?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:38 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 19, 2026 05:38 PM (YPldV)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 19, 2026 05:39 PM (wGerL)
But what do I know I’m just a non church going heathen
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at February 19, 2026 05:39 PM (REq0p)
Because you are all retrograde knuckle draggers.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 05:40 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 05:40 PM (+nEug)
Glad I was never a Perry ass sniffer.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Bust my chops. Trump never complained about the job he did. I smell Bush money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 05:40 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 05:35 PM (kTyBw)
Her CNN spots on the inner workings of the government's Psi Corps program were very informative. Great reporting and boobs.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (3uBP9)
I mean I'm shocked...well, not *that* shocked.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0)
tinyurl.com/2hunp464
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 05:32 PM (gKWVE)
There was a recent news about one of the expensive truffle brands. They are doing the same thing. If they don't people will probably buy the slop from someone else instead. Candy is not really in my universe anymore so I guess I don't care.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:36 PM (3uBP9)
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This is easy to do because almost nobody knows what true expensive truffles tastes like, and it’s pretty easy to fake it with other mushrooms. Plus, true truffles are an acquired taste. Very musky and pungent; almost tastes like it went bad.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (Pjo0m)
I remember Andrea Thompson's boobs, before and after her Headline News stint.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
She could read your mind.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (3uBP9)
The words of Hatemonger come to mind... "Boobies...are evil! We mustn't look at boobies!".
Posted by: Thrawn at February 19, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 19, 2026 05:42 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 19, 2026 05:43 PM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (Pjo0m)
Chocolate truffles.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 19, 2026 05:43 PM (3uBP9)
Lord have mercy.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 04:54 PM (qBdHI)
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Stephen Glass at the New Republic is another example of exemplary fictional prose presented as truth.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 05:44 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 05:45 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 05:31 PM (yjPLJ)
Maybe one of those government agencies he swore to eliminate and then forgot which ones exactly they were,
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 05:46 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Elric the Blade
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Right, however, Big Pharma is funding the idea of all or nothing in order to keep the door open for their push.
Big Pharma needs an honor code and they should stick to it or get stuck.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 05:49 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 05:56 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 19, 2026 06:18 PM (XLfSN)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 05:56 PM (vOtXJ)
They can't help it. Heads full of snakes.
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 06:20 PM (Sy6m/)
But to say it couldn't have possibly happened is incorrect. 2000 years of experiences by Christian mystics say otherwise.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 19, 2026 05:37 PM (pJWtt)
If God told him to run his podcast, God can also tell me he wants me to watch it.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 06:36 PM (8avO+)
I mean I'm shocked...well, not *that* shocked.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 19, 2026 05:41 PM (9Ovst)
Why exactly is 'jews are the debbil' Carlson doing flying into Israel in the first place?
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 06:38 PM (8avO+)
I am anti mRNA vaccines vs going full blown antivaccine of everything.
I get the point of the author lying for her cause, unethical for politics.
My brother & I had what they called "red measles" vs rubella. I was 8yrs & he was 6yrs. I don't remember the high fevers but the rash. We were kept in bed and not able to read or watch tv for days, maybe a week (I don't remember, but this is not fiction). As measles, along with other problems, can impact your eyes and my parents knew this.
Two years later we both needed glasses for nearsightedness. Neither of my parents needed glasses as kids, nor did my baby brother who had the vaccine.
Our sons had the vaccine (MMR) and seem to be normal adult men (well, one was a PITA in college, but not from this vaccine).
I know a grown woman in her 50's who was born deaf...realized by her parents at 18mo when not talking much. Her mother had rubella in the first trimester of that pregnancy.
My natural immunity to rubella wore off in my 2nd pregnancy (titers showed this). I was horrified due to my friend's sister's deafness, by then I was 5mo. Son was fine. I had the MMR the day after he was born.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 07:04 PM (WONhk)
FFS.
Big Pharma spends more $$$$$ on ads than any other industry.
Oh, and childhood mumps is also a fucking joke. Swollen gland or glands in your neck for 2-3 days, then it's gone. Zero danger.
If they'd tried this batshit hysteria with us back in the 1960s, we would have laughed them out of the room.
Posted by: Beverly at February 20, 2026 12:37 AM (reMys)
11 Arrested in Antifa Lynching Murder of Young Man Protecting Women from Muslim Thugs;
One of the Killers is Legislative Aide to Far-Left Member of French Assembly
As you might know, a college student named Quentin Deranque was lynched on the street by a gang of antifa-associated far left terrorists. He was kicked to death.
This young man was committing no offense. He wasn't even technically protesting. Rather, he was protecting a female protest group named "Nemesis Collective" which protests the many rapes committed by Muslim migrants. Why was he protecting him? Because these women are frequently attacked on the street by Muslim migrants. The left-wing establishment claims it wants to protect women from violence and rape... unless that violence and rape is being perpetrated by their Muslim allies. Then it's the girls being attacked who are the "dangerous" ones. That's foreshadowing. Wait until later. Prepare for what should be a shock but unfortunately won't be. For this "extremist" act of protecting young girls from being assaulted by angry foreigners, the press insists on calling him a "far right extremist." Murdoch's NY Post, quoted below, calls him a "far right militant." Really, Murdoch? Protecting girls from foreign hordes of assailants and molesters makes you a "far right militant"? The Post is probably just posting an AP or AFI story but you do know you're allowed to edit their vicious propaganda, right? At least some of these thugs are now being arrested.He's a "far right militant," but the people who kicked him to death are identified as (checks article) "people." Oh, and "fighting broke out." Who knows who was responsible. Probably the people who kicked this man to death, but who can say, really?
French police investigating the beating of a far-right militant who died of brain injuries have arrested 11 people, prosecutors said Wednesday, in a case adding fuel to long-standing divides in French politics ahead of presidential elections in 2027. Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old student described as a fervent nationalist, died in a hospital on Saturday. He was beaten two days earlier by a group of people in the city of Lyon, in fighting that erupted between far-left and far-right supporters on the margins of a student meeting where a far-left lawmaker, Rima Hassan, was a keynote speaker.
Just so you know, you'll see references to LFI. LFI is what is being called "France Unbowed." The French for that is Le France Insoumise. That's the left-wing coalition that perpetrated these murders and is defending the murderers. So, is it this LFI/France Unbowed who is directly responsible for the street assassination of a boy who conveniently stood in the way of Muslim migrants determined to beat up French girls? Well... one of the killers is a parliamentary aide to an LFI assembly member.
An autopsy found that Deranque suffered a fractured skull and fatal brain injuries, according to Lyon's prosecutor, Thierry Dran. He launched the police investigation for homicide and other potential criminal charges. Dran's office said police detained a man and a woman on Wednesday morning, with nine other people taken into custody on Tuesday night. ... Deranque's death triggered a storm of recriminations, mostly targeting France Unbowed. The party is led by veteran hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a former Trotskyist who stood for the presidency in 2012, 2017 and 2022 and failed to advance to the decisive run-off round.
The first wave of arrests was announced late on Tuesday, as Dran said nine suspects had been arrested. Those detained included people who were suspected of having participated in the violence and others who had provided support to them, sources told Agence France-Presse. Hours later, two more suspects were arrested: a man who the prosecutor said was suspected of being directly linked to the violence as well as his partner, who was suspected of trying to help him evade justice. The LFI politician Raphaël Arnault confirmed that his parliamentary assistant was among those detained, adding the aide had "ceased all parliamentary work". On Wednesday, as news of the arrests spread, the LFI said it had been forced to evacuate its national headquarters. "The national headquarters of LFI have just been evacuated following a bomb threat," the party's coordinator, Manuel Bompard, said on social media. "Police services are on site. All employees and activists are safe."Oh, get f***ed. Standard issue left-wing hoax. The left gets in trouble, and then starts calling in bomb threats on themselves to elicit sympathy. Remember what I said about the 100-pound girls being the "dangerous" ones? In response to his party's antifa thugs kicking a man to death in broad daylight for the crime of protecting young girls from violent foreign ruffians, Melanchon is calling for, if you can believe it, the dissolution and banning of Nemesis Collective, calling these young girls "dangerous."
Les dangereuses Némésis selon l’islamo gauchiste Melanchon. pic.twitter.com/93sx0vTaZr
— Fabien (@FabLanvin) February 18, 2026
NOMMONS CES MONSTRES POUR CE QU’ILS SONT.
— Collectif Némésis (@Coll_Nemesis) February 13, 2026
SIGNEZ LA PÉTITION :https://t.co/T9LhVmHoVo pic.twitter.com/5eRV9iG8bf
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Max Power at February 19, 2026 03:33 PM (SwyyQ)
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"I was just trying to write a subsection on a new statute dictating the regulations on sidewalk maintenance, and suddenly I'm kicking a guy in the face. You can't blame me for that."
-but in French
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:33 PM (GBKbO)
-France's president a couple of days ago, his priorities straight as an arrow
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:34 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:35 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 03:36 PM (zjgNU)
Some leftist group will beat people they don't like and the FNM will argue that the victim was asking for it.
Remember the people in Cleveland? Or Andy Ngo? Or hell the recent REDDIT phenom that punched someone for holding an I support ICE sign?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)
Or the police phone it in to search without a warrant.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:36 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 03:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 03:37 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (aM1Wh)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (Kc+Vz)
I used to think America was also past the point of no return but Trump's excellent second term is showing me we have a chance to survive and reclaim our country. Much better than his first term, which was well-intentioned but chaotic and often ineffective.
Posted by: Martbell at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (as6X5)
And may God have mercy on their pitiful souls.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (I40wl)
But. French.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (1Udfd)
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3% of them shave their armpits.
(margin of error: 3%.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (SD6jB)
Alas, I was in the minority on the grand jury.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:39 PM (jc0TO)
DEPORT THEM ALL!
Hang the ones who rape during a jolly drawing and quartering as they watch, with the public watching as well if they desire. Pay for view with $ going to the victims.
As you can tell, I have no pity to give for these barbarians. Nor the people in government who perpetuate this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 03:39 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 03:39 PM (viF8m)
They want your family dead, or turned.
Where they have enough power, they will do it, as happened here.
These people are profoundly evil, but- which is far worse- assured of their own righteousness.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (zjgNU)
That LFI bastard: "The Unbowed demand the dissolution of the dangerous Némésis group, because it attacks us"
Weird, these are groups that I suppose the French know all about. The Unbowed? Némésis on the attack? Then Antifa, but of course we know them...
What a rumble.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (aM1Wh)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 03:39 PM
It's just an idea.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (jc0TO)
I used to think America was also past the point of no return but Trump's excellent second term is showing me we have a chance to survive and reclaim our country. Much better than his first term, which was well-intentioned but chaotic and often ineffective.
Posted by: Martbell
We haven't begun to play Cowboys & goatfuckers yet.
Yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I like berets on chicks.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:37 PM (sKqQm)
I believe they are blue, white and red tights.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (zjgNU)
More than likely, the ULA for access to AP/AFI stories is that you will not substitute your own editorializing for the APs.
And since news papers really aren’t in the news business and have very few reporters to send out and report on these things, how AP frames and slants the news story is what they go with, lest they lose their access.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (lVxR6)
That is straight up premeditated murder, but we'll see.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Tanned, rusted and ready.
Posted by: Guillotine at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (HmEEe)
Posted by: Martbell at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (as6X5)
I think we forget that the lazy-ass news media concentrates on the big cities and what happens there, rather than the bulk of the country, which behaves quite differently. Big city dwelling is unnatural and breeds a certain amount of lunacy. Noise, crowds, pavement, crime, grime, all lead to a certain inability to behave like a human being.
The rest of us go to Church, quietly run our own lives, and take care of our neighbors because we should.
Honor and morality are learned, not a given. Cities tend to beat that out of folks.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 03:42 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: Madame Defarge at February 19, 2026 03:42 PM (jc0TO)
Your Imam tells you Christians are weak and deserve to be dominated. That they will pay you the jizya and let you have your way with their women.
Then a western NGO shows up and pays you to move to Europe. They put you on welfare. Some of the guys you hang out with talk openly about the women they've assaulted and you notice the government does nothing about it.
You'd assume your old Imam was correct wouldn't you?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)
You are one of those people who calls 'Freedom Fries', 'French Fries', aren't you?
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 03:43 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (Kc+Vz)
And we HAVE to trust them, or democracy comes to a bitter end!
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 03:43 PM (I40wl)
You know what would be funny? Tag this picture on a leftist site and argue that it an obvious op from the US because they are wearing America's colors in France and see what people say...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)
This is some nasty shit we are going through.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 03:43 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 03:44 PM (1Udfd)
I used to think America was also past the point of no return but Trump's excellent second term is showing me we have a chance to survive and reclaim our country. Much better than his first term, which was well-intentioned but chaotic and often ineffective.
Posted by: Martbell at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (as6X5)
Last time I was visiting France on business some 20 years ago you could see some special suburbs that were continually burning because that's where the Muslims lived. Some time after that it spread to inside Paris itself.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:44 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 03:44 PM (uQzkA)
This is some nasty shit we are going through.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 03:43 PM (5LjnF)
The cops take such weapons from normal people.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:44 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
And may God have mercy on their pitiful souls.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (I40wl)
Street fights (and one-sided assaults) show up in my feed at times. (I probably watch too much Steve Inman's Un-essential commentay)
From what I've seen, if you fall down in a street fight, you're getting kicked in the head.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Tanned, rusted and ready.
Posted by: Guillotine at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (HmEEe)
Just standing here doing nothing during daylight hours.
Posted by: lampposts, not just for hanging garland at Christmastime at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (Y1sOo)
It’s a return to the past, and worse. To make sure you never change them again.
I can’t tell you how critical the midterms will be.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (e1mwr)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM
SACRE BLEU!
Posted by: Madame Defarge at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 03:46 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
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I can read it. It's fine. Don't worry.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:46 PM (GBKbO)
I'd advise staying 500-650 yards out of the zone they operate in.
...preferably in an elevated position.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 03:47 PM (1Udfd)
DogeDesigner
@cb_doge
President Macron says Free Speech is Bull Sh!t.
"Free speech is a pure bullsh!t if nobody knows how you are guided through this so-called free speech, especially when it is to be guided from one hated speech to another hated speech."
https://tinyurl.com/3rkv82wf
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 03:47 PM (NpAcC)
But. French.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 03:38 PM (1Udfd)
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3% of them shave their armpits.
(margin of error: 3%.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
0% of them use deodorant.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 03:47 PM (MGB5H)
Job 9:19
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 03:47 PM (gb3qv)
Posted by: ace
I thought you knew French well enough to translate them yourself.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)
DogeDesigner
@cb_doge
President Macron says Free Speech is Bull Sh!t.
"Free speech is a pure bullsh!t if nobody knows how you are guided through this so-called free speech, especially when it is to be guided from one hated speech to another hated speech."
https://tinyurl.com/3rkv82wf
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 03:47 PM (NpAcC)
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"The French education is so fucked people have no idea how to think anymore."
-a less literal, more poetic, but perhaps more accurate translation
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I like berets on chicks.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (77rzZ)
The end of teen-age me and the BSA was when the new uniform red berets came out.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 03:50 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 19, 2026 03:50 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Bulg
He’s not that gay.
Posted by: Kratwurst at February 19, 2026 03:51 PM (C362Q)
Someone posted Amelia sweeping the UK clean, and then people made copies for all the countries - france, korea, ... all with local versions of amelia on a map of their country, sweeping it clean of you know who and what. Very encouraging
This one
https://x.com/i/status/2023956846764060910
scroll down for lot of good short gifs and images.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 03:52 PM (5LjnF)
"Free speech is a pure bullsh!t if nobody knows how you are guided through this so-called free speech, especially when it is to be guided from one hated speech to another hated speech."
If the government determines what is hate speech and what is free speech there is no free speech - you will only be allowed to say things the government approves of.
Now, America actually mostly got this right early on. Direct calls to violence are not covered as free speech, everything else is, though if you make provably false statements about someone you can be sued...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:52 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
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I can read it. It's fine. Don't worry.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:46 PM (GBKbO)
Highlight the text, right click and select 'translate to english'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Don Brown at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (T9rXf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:52 PM (Kc+Vz)
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Nah. They'd blame Vance for being a pedo and try to kill him.
They're New York teachers, not people with any sign of intelligence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (GBKbO)
They smoked like a chimney
Hated other French people even more then they hate the British and Germans combined
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)
I was at a conference in Brussels about 15 years ago. One day during lunch I decided to go for a walk. The hotel where the conference was being held was in a nice area but I got about 3 blocks from the hotel and found myself in a neighborhood where everyone seemed to be staring at me.
I popped into a store to buy a pack of cigarettes and the obviously middle eastern guy behind the counter asked me what I was doing in the area. I told him just taking a walk to look around. He came out from behind the counter, closed the store and walked me out of the neighborhood and told me not to come back.
Middle of the day in Brussels.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (viF8m)
St Joan of Arc please intercede for France.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (rZCVI)
It's too late now.
Muzzie men shouldn't be allowed in our country until they have their dicks chopped off.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 03:54 PM (3ek7K)
- French Constitution 1791, Title I, Fundamental Provisions Guaranteed by the Constitution
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 03:54 PM (gb3qv)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 03:54 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: msm retards at February 19, 2026 03:55 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:55 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 03:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 03:56 PM (gVUi7)
it's right wing violence that backfired. There are neo fascist groups roaming the streets of Lyon and assaulting lgbt, and Arab people, for years now. Police does nothing. Antifa defends themselves.
"feminist anti-immigration group." This is too confusing to map onto American left-right politics for most terminally direction-brained people.
Most articles don't mention of the ambush set by Némésis, or their weapons, as reported by le canard enchaîné. And the "victim" is only presented as a regular student the whole time, and they leave out his connection to violent neo-Nazi groups.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 03:56 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 03:57 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:37 PM (sKqQm)
I believe they are blue, white and red tights.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (zjgNU)
Just like the French flag. There's a lot of symbolism in that picture.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 03:57 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)
US wins!
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Oh my Godddddddd!!!!!!
Meanwhile, Amber Glenn is dominating in whatever free skating event they're doing today, but who knows if she'll stay there because there are a ton of skaters to go and she bobbled on one of her jumps.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 03:58 PM (aM1Wh)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 03:58 PM (MGB5H)
They've been dancing around it for a very long time.
They can also go horsefuck themselves.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 03:58 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: gnats local 678
And again in 2024, and possibly 2028.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 19, 2026 03:59 PM (HmEEe)
I wonder if maps of European cities now show these no-go zones. If not, they should.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)
There really is that much juice to squeeze out of the cops.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:59 PM (wj6F+)
Posted by: Gaff at February 19, 2026 03:59 PM (EqzMw)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 03:59 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 19, 2026 03:59 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 03:42 PM (I40wl)
Tell us about it.....
- Normal folks of California
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:00 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JackStraw
Ah yes, No Go Zones that the 'experts' say don't exist. I was in Brussels in the early 90s. I was told by the hotel manager to stay away from certain neighborhoods, which he helpfully pointed out on a map. They were muslim neighborhoods. So, I did.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 19, 2026 04:00 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 04:00 PM (NpAcC)
Okay, it's me. I'm not cleaning or laundering.
I'm a pixel bum.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 04:01 PM (I40wl)
(margin of error: 3%.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
________
There's 12 armpits in that pic, so that's one mostly shaved armpit.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 19, 2026 04:01 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (YwEeS)
Saying that takes some Gaul
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)
"feminist anti-immigration group." This is too confusing to map onto American left-right politics for most terminally direction-brained people.
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What? It's women who don't want to be raped with impunity by foreigners.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (aM1Wh)
On this day, 81 years ago, February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines landed on the eight-square mile, volcanic island of Iwo Jima.
They would endure a five-week battle comprised of some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the entire Pacific Campaign during World War II. The goal of capturing Iwo was to secure its three vital airfields, which would provide a closer staging area for launching bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.
Within days, over 70,000 U.S. Marines would storm the beaches on Iwo Jima. Even though they were significantly outnumbered, the 21,000 soldiers of the Japanese garrison would put up a tough and murderous defense. The Marines were not prepared for the island’s labyrinth of interconnecting underground defenses.
After only four days of fighting, U.S. Marines captured the extinct volcano, Mount Suribachi, on the island’s southern point. Two American flags were raised on its summit. The second flag raising was captured by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal, who would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for the iconic photograph. However, the fighting was far from over.
The island was finally secured after 36 days of intense combat on March 26
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Interesting. Wonder if they came in via Canada.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM
SACRE BLEU!
Posted by: Madame Defarge at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (jc0TO)
LOLed at that one....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (QGaXH)
Was he telling you get the f*** out of "their territory" or was he trying to protect you? Sounds like the latter.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (CWTWj)
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I would have preferred 'ceased all respiration'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 03:59 PM (I40wl)
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How is this a bad thing? Mexico has a socialist president and is free of racism, unlike America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
A few bangers, a few baggers, all of these girls belong in France and deserve to be safe from filthy barbarian rapists.
I hope the "far right" has a sizeable presence in prison (from what I can tell from Spanish/German movies on netflix, those are the only criminals in Europe to begin with). These lefties need to have some serious attitude adjustments in jail.
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 04:04 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: redridinghood
>I pays to load up your team with trannies.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 04:04 PM (gVUi7)
"82 I do sometimes wonder if the moderates had won out in the French revolution - made the king resign but let his kid inherit, appoint a PM with the real power, institute a constitution based on the American one - would we now have the future where we go on vacation to the moon and have flying cars?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)"
The amount of violence and degeneracy the left dredged up makes me think a conflict was inevitable. Lot of people aren't really aware of how far things went beyond just the terror (though I assume you know, if your're wondering about this). See also: the spanish republicans.
Fuck coexistence. We want victory.
Posted by: heya at February 19, 2026 04:04 PM (ilNpL)
Posted by: The black pill squad at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)
http://tiny.cc/zw6z001
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Yp6az)
National Catholic Register site:
https://tinyurl.com/4m2mkb5y
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2026 04:06 PM (OP9Gm)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (YwEeS)
That's because they thought they'd be able to import a useful underclass and once they got enough numbers would win every election easily.
The "elites" are so stupid that they did not realize that once the Muslims start approaching 10% of a population, they get extremely violent.
Not enough votes to rule perpetually, and obvious violence that moves the middle to the right.
That's why they are cracking down on speech. They're screwed, but they will fight back through authoritarianism.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 04:06 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Don Brown at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (T9rXf)
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 04:07 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 04:07 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: wth
The blonde standing behind her is cute, too.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:07 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)
National Catholic Register site:
https://tinyurl.com/4m2mkb5y
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (rZCVI
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Elena Myers Taylor is a national treasure.
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 04:07 PM (5aZAZ)
http://tiny.cc/zw6z001
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Yp6az)
*******
Also, thanks to Trump.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 04:07 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Les Antifascistes (or whatever) at February 19, 2026 04:07 PM (2gvXb)
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Oddly, my mother's birthday is 19 Feb. My father landed on Iwo two days later. The battle ended on 26 March, which is my birthday. My mother had not met my father yet. Oh, my father got hammered on 26 Mar, the last day of official battle on the north cliffs. Kind of weird, rite?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 04:08 PM (pZ64F)
Yes, she sounds like a wonderful woman.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 04:08 PM (rZCVI)
......
Gesundheit.
Posted by: wth
YES! COOKIE!!!!!.NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!!
Posted by: Cookie Monster at February 19, 2026 04:08 PM (JCZqz)
Für diese trotzige Tat, für das Verteilen von Flugblättern gegen die Nazis, wurden sie mit der Guillotine hingerichtet.
Das war an diesem Tag im Jahr 1943, und es scheint, dass die Ironie davon den meisten Europäern entgeht. Vor allem Frankreich und Deutschland.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 04:09 PM (gb3qv)
Posted by: Don Brown at February 19, 2026 03:53 PM (T9rXf)
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
This isn't an airport. No needvto announce departures.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 04:09 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: rickb223 at
But how else would we know?
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:10 PM (MGB5H)
- French Constitution 1791, Title I, Fundamental Provisions Guaranteed by the Constitution
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 03:54 PM (gb3qv)
France is in its Fifth Republic.
That constitution is four versions behind.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 04:10 PM (6ydKt)
Was he telling you get the f*** out of "their territory" or was he trying to protect you? Sounds like the latter.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)
That's what I was thinking.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 04:11 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: wth
The blonde standing behind her is cute, too.
Posted by: Bulg
They're all such basic pick-mes! You men just don't like strong, independent women!!!
Posted by: 300lb nose ring woman with blue hair, tattoos and attitude at February 19, 2026 04:12 PM (JCZqz)
Für diese trotzige Tat, für das Verteilen von Flugblättern gegen die Nazis, wurden sie mit der Guillotine hingerichtet.
Das war an diesem Tag im Jahr 1943, und es scheint, dass die Ironie davon den meisten Europäern entgeht. Vor allem Frankreich und Deutschland.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 04:09 PM
Yeah, it sounds better in the original German.....wait ...
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 04:12 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 04:12 PM (dIske)
He's like posting the same message abt popups in every thread. By now he should be long gone. What a weirdo
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 04:12 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (YwEeS)"
They are panicking because the smarter ones understand we are at a moment similar to the widespread adoption of firearms.
Any motovated asshole with a drone and some basic science can delete these people and there isn't anything they can do about it other than hole up in a bunker 24/7.
The left assumed they could continue to live like kings while their third world goons burned everything else down. Yeah... no. I don't think so.
Posted by: heya at February 19, 2026 04:12 PM (ilNpL)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 04:12 PM (n5tGW)
National Catholic Register site:
https://tinyurl.com/4m2mkb5y
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (rZCVI)
******
Respect!
I saw her on Fox the other day. All American athletes should aspire to be like her.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 04:13 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 04:13 PM (YwEeS)
Punish them for me Errol
Posted by: Field Marshal Bricktop at February 19, 2026 04:13 PM (wBaIH)
St Joan of Arc please intercede for France.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Saint-Jean-d'Arc est d'extrême droite !
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 04:13 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Don Brown
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
This isn't an airport. No needvto announce departures.
Posted by: rickb223
Not quite a flounce. Perhaps flounce adjacent.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2026 04:14 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & 7th century goatscrewers at February 19, 2026 04:14 PM (5DfsO)
Posted by: The media at February 19, 2026 04:14 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Marcus T
You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.
Posted by: Chancellor Gorkon at February 19, 2026 04:15 PM (JCZqz)
That is, among the many other heinous ways they killed people for the simple crime of saying you oppose them.
When you call someone a Nazi, you should be very clear what you’re talking about. Because you wouldn’t get a chance to protest.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 04:15 PM (gb3qv)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 04:15 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 19, 2026 04:16 PM (tqpXi)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 04:16 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)
That's what I was thinking.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Sounds like both to me. He escorted him out of the area because his co-religionists would not attack him if the guy was with him.
It's like a story my brother once told. He was in the Army and stationed in NYC. His future wife, whom he met there, was a Puerto Rican from the Bronx. When he'd go to see her at her house, her father would meet him at the subway station and escort him. The Puerto-Rican crooks would not try to mug him, since he was with another Puerto Rican.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wally at February 19, 2026 04:17 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 19, 2026 04:17 PM (jwBFW)
whew! what a great game!!!!
incredible
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 04:17 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 04:02 PM (SD6jB)
Thank you rickb. The cost in American lives was pretty staggering as I recall. Also the tenacity of the defenders and their willingness to fight to the death must have in some way influenced the decision to go with the atomic bomb vs an invasion of the Japanese homeland.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:18 PM (QGaXH)
US women
Posted by: American News at February 19, 2026 04:18 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:18 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: steevy
Shit hole countries are shit holes because of the shit hole culture. Bringing shit hole culture to civilized lands just makes more shit hole.
There is no "magic dirt".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: nckate
I offer myself as tribute!!!
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 19, 2026 04:20 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:20 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Bulg at
Are we counting Japanese civilians that threw themselves off of cliffs?
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:21 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)
they all (both sides) played their hearts out
that Canuck goalie was incredible. the two goals on here were FILTHY
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 04:21 PM (j+aD2)
There is no "magic dirt".
We already know the best way to Americanize immigrants. Make them get a job and learn English.
The fact that the FNM/government/left want to do the opposite tells you what they want.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 04:22 PM (j+aD2)
that Canuck goalie was incredible. the two goals on here were FILTHY
Posted by: BlackOrchid
For sure! Frankel (us goalie) won tha game. Some amazing saves including 2 in OT.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 19, 2026 04:00 PM (sAmhv)
Youtuber Kurt Caz did a walk about in Brussels and posted it about 5 months ago.
Spoiler: it hasn't gotten better
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (r3hkP)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (Kc+Vz)
I don’t know if it was the worst, but it’s up there in the rankings.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (6ydKt)
Plus, they smell. Bad.
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity my ass. Just bath once in awhile and get a job.
Posted by: Boil That Frog at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (Ljddq)
Posted by: BruceWayne
I'm thinking just of military casualties.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
Completely odd bounce off the high boards that led to the breakout.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (n5tGW)
Also the tenacity of the defenders and their willingness to fight to the death must have in some way influenced the decision to go with the atomic bomb vs an invasion of the Japanese homeland.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:18 PM (QGaXH)
Most likely, although the conventional wisdom held that it was Okinawa that was the final straw on that.
Regardless, Imperial Japan was going to get nuked no matter what. Not because of the fear of casualties or the stupid modern tropes of "anti-Asian racism" and "we gotta show the Russkies not to mess with us", but because they fucking deserved it for being the biggest genocidal assholes in WWII.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Bulg at February
Off the top of my head I'd say Stalingrad. But that's a guess.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Random PJ at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (7m77K)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)
Maybe Stalingrad. Although per square foot I'd probably guess that any of the island hopping things on the eastern front were really brutal.
Posted by: GMan at February 19, 2026 04:25 PM (GfWuY)
The Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 - February 1943) is widely considered the bloodiest battle of World War II and in history, with total casualties (dead, wounded, or captured) exceeding 1.5 to 2 million people. It was a pivotal turning point on the Eastern Front, resulting in a devastating defeat for Germany.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 04:25 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Just Got Here at February 19, 2026 04:25 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 04:25 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 04:05 PM (rZCVI)
I watched her win. Both of her boys were there, too. It was very sweet. She's been working so hard for so long, so it was nice to see!
Posted by: hobbitopoly at February 19, 2026 04:25 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & 7th century goatscrewers
Me.
At least a dozen times over the years.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 04:25 PM (SD6jB)
"We few, we angry pissed off few"
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 04:26 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:26 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 04:26 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 04:26 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 04:26 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Antietam at February 19, 2026 04:27 PM (2Ez/1)
The latter.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 04:27 PM (viF8m)
We have our own Leftists to debellate, and if anything, the mortal agony of the European nations can provide a useful object lesson.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2026 04:27 PM (PmqH/)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 04:27 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 19, 2026 04:16 PM (tqpXi)
_________________________
I played hookie a lot in elementary school. I don't remember any Beavers. Sometimes I'd get called for icing if we had cake at home. I self punished...did a couple penalty shots. It was Southern Comfort, so I learned my lesson.
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: The French at February 19, 2026 04:27 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Just Got Here at February 19, 2026 04:25 PM
Give it time, and it will become a history of guns, movies, and boobs in WWII thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 04:28 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 03:44 PM (uQzkA)
I do not believe that our Ruling Class is made up of real human people, with thoughts and plans. I believe that they are nothing more than NPC bugmen, turning away from a little pain to the path of least current resistance, because that is what they act like.
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Internet also said that she's the oldest Olympic gold medalist at winter games. She's 41.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
.......
I hesitate to comment until Field Marshal Zhukov weighs in.
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: I'll start the bidding at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
The Japanese were certainly sadistic genocidal racist assholes, but I don't know if anything they did compares to the Holocaust in terms of scale, scope, or structural ruthlessness.
Posted by: Military Moron at February 19, 2026 04:29 PM (JCZqz)
Parlez vous?
The French that are a funny race,
Parlez vous?
The French thay are a funny race,
They fight with their feet and they
Something something something
their face.
Escapes me.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 04:31 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:31 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: SciVo
There is a solution!!!
Posted by: The Human Instrumentality Project at February 19, 2026 04:31 PM (JCZqz)
It was really interesting.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 04:32 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
All the sour faces of the Canucks made me smile.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:32 PM (MGB5H)
‘ the Holocaust in terms of scale, scope, or structural ruthlessness.’
They murdered millions in China.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 04:32 PM (jbnUc)
their face.
"And then they put dicks in their face" is the lyric, I believe.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2026 04:32 PM (PmqH/)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 04:32 PM (6ydKt)
To the Japs, if you surrendered, you were basically dogshit, and they treated you as such.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:32 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)
Something similar happened to me in south central L.A. in 1993, just after the riots. I was standing in line to pay at a gas station and the young black fellow in front noticed me (white guy, business attire) and said something like 'there's another gas station at (intersection) - you might want to go there instead in the future...'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (QGaXH)
No. That's an internet rumor that's being spread around.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (QS66I)
But for God's sake, if you are going to rely on security when surrounded by savages; Get the biggest, meanest, scariest mountains for flesh available. Don't rely on a scrawny math nerd. While I admire Quentin Deranque for his convictions and courage. A man's gotta know his limitations. And the Nemesis Collective needs to be smarter and more diligent.
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)
You know who has some ginormous cans? the actress in Lead (like pencil lead) Children, a polish miniseries on NF.
Joanna Kulig scene
Safe search off
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
And did biological warfare experiments on them.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 19, 2026 04:16 PM (tqpXi)
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Nice!
Posted by: WisRich at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: I'll start the bidding
......
That's where they got the idea for inventing torpedoes.
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 04:34 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 04:35 PM (rBp1O)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:35 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
That what they call it now?
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg
They didn't treat civilian POWs much better.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 04:35 PM (/lPRQ)
the sort of same thing happened with the eagles won BUT Jalen Hurts kinda skipped out on it anyway with a lame excuse
but the other guys all went
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 04:36 PM (j+aD2)
We should have just fought Japan, built our nukes and cauterized the whole fucking continent of Europe once we were done with those yellow heathens.
*spits*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2026 04:36 PM (PmqH/)
Something something something
their face.
Escapes me.
f*ck with their face.
It's one of many versions of, "Madamoiselle from Armentieres."
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 04:37 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BruceWayne
I'm thinking just of military casualties.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)
Threw themselves off cliffs? When? after the surrender? I never heard that story...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:37 PM (QGaXH)
One of the reasons though was they just told their unarmed troops to rush the front lines until you found a weapon.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 04:37 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 19, 2026 04:37 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 04:37 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions
Canada is bringing in Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese by the plane loads. I'm sure they can find plenty of female players from these groups to bolster their hockey program.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 04:38 PM (Dv3i1)
Safe search off
*****************
And that's when I learned that there is an interwebs site called, "Boobspedia."
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 04:38 PM (Y1sOo)
Every one of them were singing their asses off, most of them with tears in their eyes.
As it should be.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at February 19, 2026 04:38 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Saipan
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 19, 2026 04:38 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (7m77K)
Hear! Hear!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:39 PM (QGaXH)
One of the reasons though was they just told their unarmed troops to rush the front lines until you found a weapon.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
.......
or some beets.
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)
They deserved the wrath of our portable instant rice cookers and then some.
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 04:39 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 04:39 PM (uQzkA)
Spoiler: it hasn't gotten better
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 04
I was in Brussels 2 years ago and to make a long story shorter, J needed medication after cracking a tooth - The only 24 hour pharmacy was in a no go zone. The cab driver was Muslim, he stopped and picked up another Muslim guy on the way, I am now panicking. When we get to the pharmacy, I go to get out with J because I am scared. The driver says no, you do not get out. He walks with J to the pharmacy, which had this narrow speak easy window in the door where the meds were slid out from. The friend got out of the cab and kept positioning himself outside the cab, so I could not be seen by anyone who walked by, and then jumped back in when the driver and J got back in, where he sped off like a demon back to our hotel. When we got there, the driver who spoke Italian for some reason, told J to never, ever let me be alone anywhere in Brussels, it didn’t matter where. J told me he could see just a little bit through the speakeasy door and the person was head to toe covered and would only speak to the cab driver.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (7m77K)
Two out of three aint' bad....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: pawn at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (+rKuc)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
The Nazis deliberately tried to erase Jews and other ethnic groups. The Japanese were murderous and evil, too (and worse in many ways), but when the metric was "who was more genocidal", I don't know if the Japanese were actually trying to ERADICATE a specific group of people like the Nazis did. They enslaved and abused and murdered, sure, but tried to systematically eradicate?
Posted by: Military Moron at February 19, 2026 04:40 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 04:41 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 04:24 PM (n5tGW)
Vicksburg, maybe.
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 04:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Military Moron
The Japs were not really on board with the Shoah. They didn't hate Jews any more than they hated other Westerners. I get the impression that they were rather perplexed by Nazi Jew-hatree.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)
Many got caught up livjng in areas the Japanese took over so sent ghem into camps or at minimum city areas.
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
It is not true. Unverified rumormongering.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 04:46 PM (u7NM6)
The despicable Macron sets out to tell Meloni that he cannot lament the barbaric murder of the young patriot Quentin Deranque by the hordes of the far-left La France Insoumise, who have done so many favors for the biggest failure of the failed leaders of European globalism.
He says he should stop commenting on what happens in other people's countries. This is coming from the scoundrel who engages in massive interference in Hungary, who helped steal the presidency of Romania from Georgiescu, and who has made a fool of himself with his attempts to intervene in the affairs of half the world.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 04:46 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 04:47 PM (FCYiI)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
And did biological warfare experiments on them.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 04:33 PM (77rzZ)
And according to Bill O'Reilly's book did some pretty sick sexual stuff too.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 04:47 PM (QGaXH)
‘ And according to Bill O'Reilly's book did some pretty sick sexual stuff too.’
You mean the Japs did, not Bill, right?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 04:51 PM (jbnUc)
*Hindu ritual ornaments
Bajrang Dal (Hindu vigilantes) caught him, beat him, and paraded him to the police station.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 04:59 PM (1whRW)
Posted by: Heeny at February 19, 2026 06:20 PM (hFmv9)
One of Epstein's Recruiters Decided to Inform On Him to the Police, and Epstein Schemed to Give Him a $3 Million Bribe to Keep Quiet;
He Discussed the Plan with Obama WH Counsel and Friend of Jeff Kathyrine Ruemmler
The Accomplice Who Was Going to Testify Against Jeffrey Epstein--Then Went DarkThat's as much of the paywalled story that I can see, but the reporter posts this summary on X:
French model scout Jean-Luc Brunel was negotiating to provide prosecutors with evidence against the sex offender in 2016--three years before he was finally arrested--but ultimately backed out
Jean-Luc Brunel was ready to turn on the man who had been his patron and partner. The French modeling scout was prepared to tell prosecutors what he knew about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking. Brunel was secretly negotiating in 2016 with lawyers representing Epstein's victims, according to newly released Justice Department files. Brunel's lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs. They discussed a date for Brunel to walk into the U.S. Attorney's office in New York--in exchange for immunity. "One of Epstein's bfs, Jean Luc Brunel, has helped get girls. He is wanting to cooperate," according to handwritten notes taken by a federal prosecutor in February 2016. "Brunel is afraid of being prosecuted." And then Brunel went dark.
Khadeeja Safdar
@khadeeja_safdar NEW: In 2016, Jean-Luc Brunel was discussing a date to walk into the U.S. Attorney's office in New York to provide evidence against Jeffrey Epstein--in exchange for immunity. On May 3, Epstein fired off an email to Kathy Ruemmler. He wrote that Brunel was planning to go to prosecutors the following week and one of Brunel's friends had "asked for 3 million dollars so that Jean Luc would not go in."
Hans MahnckeAlso, Ruemmler tipped off Epstein about an investigation into a prostitution scandal -- something that would be of major interest to Epstein. Note this Bloomberg article's headline refers to Ruemmler as "Goldman lawyer" rather than Obama's White House Council, which is far more relevant, because that's how she came into possession of this confidential information.
@HansMahncke This is pretty astonishing. When Jean-Luc Brunel, who ran Epstein's "modeling agency," was about to get an immunity deal to spill the beans on the operation, hush money negotiations began. The first person Epstein turned to for advice was Kathryn Ruemmler, a key member of Obama's inner circle. In the end, Brunel never testified. I have no idea whether Ruemmler actually pulled any strings, but the fact that Epstein felt comfortable putting this in writing to her (while she responded by insisting on a phone call), speaks volumes about the level of trust, access and influence he enjoyed.
Kathryn Ruemmler corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein about a prostitution scandal that engulfed the US Secret Service during her tenure as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama. Ruemmler forwarded to Epstein a draft email that contained detailed, nonpublic information about the behind-the-scenes role the White House Counsel's office played in investigating the 2012 prostitution scandal. Ruemmler resigned as the chief legal officer and general counsel of Goldman Sachs after the emails with Epstein were released and publicized, with her spokeswoman saying she "has done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide" and that she has "deep sympathy for those harmed by Epstein". Kathryn Ruemmler, who resigned last week as the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein about a prostitution scandal that engulfed the US Secret Service during her tenure as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama. In a dozen or so exchanges that were sent months after Ruemmler left her White House position in 2014, she complained to Epstein about "this secret service crap" and forwarded to him a draft email that contained detailed, nonpublic information about the behind-the-scenes role the White House Counsel's office played in investigating the 2012 prostitution scandal. Although Ruemmler had left the White House, she remained embroiled in the matter as lawmakers and journalists probed her work investigating the scandal. At the time she was under consideration for US attorney general. Epstein offered advice, as well as what he described as "edits" to the email draft, which Ruemmler indicated she was planning to send to a journalist. "Breathe, smile. You're free," he wrote in one message. These messages were among hundreds between Ruemmler and Epstein, a set of exchanges that reveals they had a relationship close enough that she accepted gifts from him and referred to him as "Uncle Jeffrey." After this latest batch of emails was released and publicized, Ruemmler resigned last week as the chief legal officer and general counsel of Goldman Sachs. She said June 30 would be her last day. It's unclear whether Ruemmler accepted any advice on the Secret Service scandal from Epstein, who was already a convicted sex offender at the time. Jennifer Connelly, a spokeswoman for Ruemmler, said the former White House counsel "has done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide. Nothing in the record suggests otherwise."
This is pretty astonishing. When Jean-Luc Brunel, who ran Epstein’s “modeling agency,” was about to get an immunity deal to spill the beans on the operation, hush money negotiations began. The first person Epstein turned to for advice was Kathryn Ruemmler, a key member of Obama’s… https://t.co/4hDJZQs8Gj pic.twitter.com/Y8pH1Nduym
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) February 19, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Clay at February 19, 2026 02:31 PM (KJho9)
Posted by: Another Stupid Typical Fucking Moonbat at February 19, 2026 02:31 PM (vqA1l)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (Hkcdp)
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Taking out flunkies I've never heard of!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Another Stupid Typical Fucking Moonbat at February 19, 2026 02:31 PM (vqA1l)
And he raped a bunch of little girls and threatened to kill them !
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 02:33 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: guy who is watching the news for entirely different reasons at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (z5QST)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Operator Error at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (r08dW)
Posted by: guy who is watching the news for entirely different reasons at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (z5QST)
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This is the kind of hard hitting news reporting I can get behind.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bete at February 19, 2026 02:35 PM (ZbWUf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Dark City, indeed.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (gKWVE)
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When do the marimba rhythms start to play?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:35 PM (GBKbO)
Not a win for either side.
It’s become tedious.
Congratulations, newfound QAnon Dems!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:35 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 19, 2026 02:36 PM (VkY89)
and the only reason she was hired as a Goldman lawyer was because she was Obama's White House Council
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 02:36 PM (V6W16)
He SHOULD be rotting in federal pound you in the ass prison, enjoying his anal stretching.
But he never will be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)
She and/or Goldman knew this was coming out, and it clearly shows she was lying about not being his lawyer, as well as lying about not being involved in any of the sex scandals.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
Dark City, indeed.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM
Nice.
It was once upon a time in America.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 02:36 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: E Buzz at February 19, 2026 02:37 PM (7PLlJ)
He SHOULD be rotting in federal pound you in the ass prison, enjoying his anal stretching.
But he never will be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)
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I mean...at least Eric Holder should have been tried for treason over Fast and Furious and executed.
Obama should have been tried for treason over Russian collusion and executed as well.
Almost like they didn't respect the norms and rule of law in the United States, even though John McCain told us we had nothing to fear from them. Weird...
Anyway, can you believe Trump's destruction of norms?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:37 PM (GBKbO)
White House Attorney, Who was Known by Trump, Worked Closely with Epstein.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 02:37 PM (HXT0k)
He SHOULD be rotting in federal pound you in the ass prison, enjoying his anal stretching.
But he never will be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck
Maybe he is enjoying some anal stretching right now.
Posted by: Operator Error at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (r08dW)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (pZ64F)
The additional quote in the top corner doesn’t help.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM
or use Brave brower.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 02:39 PM (jc0TO)
He SHOULD be rotting in federal pound you in the ass prison, enjoying his anal stretching.
But he never will be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck
Maybe he is enjoying some anal stretching right now.
Posted by: Operator Error
After a certain point, it's no longer being stretched.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 02:39 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Almost 7 years ago.
The Deep State is just using me to keep the real crimes and criminals off the leaderboard.
Let me go already.
Posted by: Zombie Jeffrey Epstein at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM (Ljddq)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM (wBaIH)
Jean Luc Brunel committed suicide by hanging in his prison cell, in an almost identical manner to Epstein.
Feast on that!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)
After a certain point, it's no longer being stretched.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 02:39 PM (SD6jB)
That dude hasn't heard his own fart in 30 years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 02:42 PM (uQzkA)
96: First complaint about Epstein to NYC cops - they do nothing
05: First complaint to FL cops, they start investigating
08: FL convicts Epstein of relatively minor charges
19: Trump has Epstein arrested
So before 05 people can generally claim ignorance of who Epstein was if they weren't in his inner circle but after 08 that gets less and less likely.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)
Someone please convince me this is not just a distraction.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:42 PM (RIvkX)
This just proves that they believe there is a two-tier legal system.
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:42 PM (GITLP)
Someone please convince me this is not just a distraction.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:42 PM (RIvkX)
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"Did you see my four tweets about Epstein from Joe Biden's presidency? I was fighting the good fight!"
-Thomas Massie
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
It's not supposed to be pejorative, but scum like Epstein who like to use their Jewish status as a shield will use it as one.
G-d will judge, as they say.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 02:43 PM (gKWVE)
People want to know where the convictions are? Based on what? That someone named, someone who maybe was involved.
Somebody should punch Massie and MTG in their dicks.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 19, 2026 02:43 PM (3arSl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:43 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 02:43 PM (TtTH3)
He was Jewish. And if you read his emails not very fond of other Jewish people.
Though it appears he was close with the leftist leader in Israel - Barak. Hmm...close to one of Barack's advisers and Barak. Interesting juxtaposition.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
I mean...at least Eric Holder should have been tried for treason over Fast and Furious and executed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:37 PM (GBKbO)
Failing that, extradition to Mexico to face charges of conspiring to murder hundreds of Mexican citizens in Mexico. Over and above his treason to try an end run around the 2nd Amendment, F and F was INTENDED to result in hundreds of dead Mexicans, the guns involved were expected to be found discarded at the murder scenes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 02:44 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
I assume it's a variant of "goyim," plural of "goy," the Hebrew word for "gentile."
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)
But he never will be.
Posted by: Sponge
Well, he’ll never be rotting in a federal prison.
Posted by: Clay at February 19, 2026 02:45 PM (KJho9)
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2026 02:45 PM (S+zAX)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM (wBaIH)
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Goyim is Jewish/Yiddish slang for people who aren't Jews. "Goy" is the singular. It's used all the time in NYC.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)
Congratulations, newfound QAnon Dems!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:35 PM (Hkcdp)
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*fistbump*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 02:44 PM (kTyBw)
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"What happened to my Republican Party that only politely and merely rhetorically said minor things about Democrat scandals and then let them go because Democrats are just our loyal opposition?"
-2% of the GOP and 75% of elected GOP
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:46 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (Hkcdp)
It was a trap!
; )
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:46 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)
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The literal translation is "nations" or "national"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:47 PM (RIvkX)
It was a trap!
; )
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:46 PM (+YA9H)
Just more proof that Democrats are stupid and they think the public is dumber than they are.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
312 BBC
Andrew seen leaving police station
published at 21:21
21:21
BREAKING
Andrew has been pictured leaving a police station in the back seat of a car.
It's a really scary photo.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:47 PM (+YA9H)
I guess we know now why Trump was so fanatically pursued on the subject.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 19, 2026 02:47 PM (Ey1l5)
310 BBC
Mountbatten-Windsor released under investigation - Thames Valley Police
published at 21:37
21:37
BREAKING
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released under investigation following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, Thames Valley Police said.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:48 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:48 PM (ht3QZ)
Yet no crimes in the Epstein Island
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 02:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: DOGGFISH at February 19, 2026 02:48 PM (yYs4P)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:48 PM (1Udfd)
The definition of shithead: Someone who sees a pile of shit on the ground, knows it's a pile of shit, and steps in it anyway.
Enjoy your Epstein files, shitheads.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 02:48 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Pete Townsend at February 19, 2026 02:50 PM (vqA1l)
-Thomas Massie
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
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*sighs*
This guy. Sheesh.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:50 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:50 PM (1Udfd)
Andrew has been pictured leaving a police station in the back seat of a car.
It's a really scary photo.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM
Did he look like he had been phonebooked?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 02:50 PM (jc0TO)
This guy. Sheesh.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:50 PM (RIvkX)
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"I'll let you touch my boobies if you kill your wife and become a leftist. Also, I have to live in her mansion after she dies."
-Massie's new wife, allegedly
I SAID ALLEGEDLY!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released under investigation following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
How long until Randy Andy makes the argument that he can't be charged because he never held a public office, he just happened to be born into the royal family, which has no government power.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (kTyBw)
True Fact: Goyim is Jewish Jerky.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (ht3QZ)
Cyrus Vance Jr - NYS AG
Alexander Acosta - FL AG
Chris Wray - Hard of the FBI
Kathyrine Ruemmler - Obama/Biden adviser, legal adviser for Epstein
Tom Pritzker - Leftist oligarch
Peter Mandelson - Epstein conduit to the British government
Michael Wolff - Epstein conduit to the FNM
Ehud Barak - Epstein conduit to the Israeli government
Ariane de Rothschild - Epstein conduit to big business/banking
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)
ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Who Allegedly Worked As MN Corrections Officer While AWOL From National Guard
... is everybody in Minnesota incompetent ?
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (GITLP)
So much that he threw a temper tantrum over it.
And is proud of his little temper tantrum!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (Hkcdp)
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Taking out flunkies I've never heard of!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:33 PM (GBKbO)
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DJT: "Wait! Hold it! Don't throw me in that briar patch!"
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 02:52 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 02:52 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (pZ64F)
Good advice.
Posted by: Jim Fowler, of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom at February 19, 2026 02:52 PM (tmCNn)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)
What exactly was anyone gonna "inform" on Epstein in 2016 for? Everyone knew by then exactly what went on. Epstein had been investigated at least three times by then. Almost all of the names and places and allegations were already out there. He's already pled guilty to prostitution in FL.
What was going on in 2016 was the feeding frenzy of lawyers angling for big paydays, and trying to get at Trump through Epstein. Even this story itself admits all this originated with lawyers.
Take this entire story with a big grain of salt.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
Massie has been triggering my bullsh*t detectors since day one. Score one for Franpsycho.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:53 PM (RIvkX)
So much that he threw a temper tantrum over it.
And is proud of his little temper tantrum!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (HXT0k)
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What if, stay with me on this, this is completely standard behavior for everyone in DC and Massie is not special at all in this way?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)
He said what's the best part of having sex with twenty eight year olds...and the answer? There are twenty of them!
And you know what? He was right!
Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 19, 2026 02:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 02:53 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg, missing his reading glasses at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (tmCNn)
"Okay, everyone. The coin of the realm is now tummy rubs. You are only liked if someone rubs your tummy. Money, status, sex appeal. No one gives a shit. All that matters is getting someone to rub that tummy."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (GBKbO)
Well, if any of them had actually paused to consider the likelihood of there being juicy details about Trump committing deviant and/or illegal behavior and the Biden administration not using it to get Trump while they were also coordinating various lawfare cases in NYC and Georgia they might have detected the trap.
However, they probably counted on using redactions to smear Trump as hiding it.
Womp, womp!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (1Udfd)
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Not kosher. No scales.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (RIvkX)
The biggest news here is that Ace spends every day covering the news and yet doesn't get the Wall Street Journal.
Maybe get some of your friends with their fancy persuasions to chip in a subscription for you, Ace.
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (r3hkP)
Posted by: The Coke Snorting Kenyan at February 19, 2026 02:55 PM (eEPUQ)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 02:55 PM (YlWIZ)
Cyrus Vance Jr - NYS AG
Alexander Acosta - FL AG
Chris Wray - Hard of the FBI
Kathyrine Ruemmler - Obama/Biden adviser, legal adviser for Epstein
Tom Pritzker - Leftist oligarch
Peter Mandelson - Epstein conduit to the British government
Michael Wolff - Epstein conduit to the FNM
Ehud Barak - Epstein conduit to the Israeli government
Ariane de Rothschild - Epstein conduit to big business/banking
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)
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Chris Wray: (checks watch) "Can't talk. Gotta catch a plane!"
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (YwEeS)
Because getting him boys would've just been WRONG.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bill Gates, Jr at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (eEPUQ)
Maybe get some of your friends with their fancy persuasions to chip in a subscription for you, Ace.
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (r3hkP)
The Wall Street Journal is a shit rag and no one should waste their money on it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (r3hkP)
; )
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (ht3QZ)
At a Black History event Wednesday in the White House, Forlesia Cook shredded race-hustling Democrats who smear Trump as “racist” for trying to eradicate crime.
“Thank God for this president,” Cook gushed. “I love him. I don’t want to hear nothing you got to say about that ‘racist’ stuff.”
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 02:54 PM (YwEeS)
Because getting him boys would've just been WRONG.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)
_______
"Tell me about it!"
-- Obama's Murdered Gay Chef
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (GITLP)
That makes him an egotistical asshole. F*ck that guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)
He said what's the best part of having sex with twenty eight year olds...and the answer? There are twenty of them!
>And you know what? He was right!
Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 19, 2026 02:53 PM (sKqQm)
What's the Best part about showering with your 12 year old daughter, Bill?
You can slick her hair back and pretend she is only 9.
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 19, 2026 02:57 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (ht3QZ)
smi-djinn
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Ted Lieu at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (eEPUQ)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (GITLP)
That makes him an egotistical asshole. F*ck that guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)
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Out of everything Massie has done to be a thorn in people's sides (seriously...he could accomplish some of his policy goals if he actually worked on bills in committee, but he doesn't), this story is so bottom of the barrel.
Just...they all do it. You know they do. It's horse-trading at best, and just appealing to their egos at worst. And 99% of politicians are like that.
It just makes Massie...typical congressman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (GITLP)
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When she concluded with a mighty "BECAUSE GRAMMA SAID!" the hairs on my neck stood up.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 02:59 PM (RIvkX)
Yep, that was my point earlier with the dates were Epstein info starts to get into the public sphere.
I also checked Google Trends (yeah I know google) and the first spike of interest in Epstein kicks off in 2015.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)
https://youtu.be/0ty0xgFumS8
Posted by: toby928(c)
That's the only scene from that movie that anyone remembers.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:59 PM (ht3QZ)
I want to see the unredacted pictures! For research purposes only, of course.
Posted by: Pete Townsend at February 19, 2026 02:50 PM (vqA1l)
You updating "Fiddle About" from Tommy?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (kTyBw)
"There are 6 confirmed pedophiles in the Epstein files."
"4 of the 6 confirmed pedophiles in the Epstein files are just random dudes."
Seriously, he's Senator Islen from The Manchurian Candidate come to life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)
There was a lot of resistance, several others joined in, the Miami Herald (iirc), in the request for the unsealed docs. When they were eventually released, Epstein was arrested, because the records had shown he was up to a lot more than he was prosecuted for. You know the rest…
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Hkcdp)
It just makes Massie...typical congressman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)
Like I said. Egotistical asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)
55 degrees and experiencing precipitation in the form of rain here in Orange County, Ca. Snowing in the mountains, where it belongs.
After today we're going to warm up and dry out for the remainder of the forecast period.
Yay.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (QGaXH)
It just makes Massie...typical congressman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)
Like I said. Egotistical asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)
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Fair.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)
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Des Moines Public Schools, just a few hundred miles south, are in need of a new department administrator head, he’d fit right in!
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (TgO2L)
Fair.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)
She was in the news not that long ago complaining you have to be good looking to get a role.
And...oh Jenny if you didn't look like you do but looked like say Ella Emhoff you'd never have gotten a role in your life.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)
She was in the news not that long ago complaining you have to be good looking to get a role.
And...oh Jenny if you didn't look like you do but looked like say Ella Emhoff you'd never have gotten a role in your life.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)
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Ugly people make the best character actors.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:01 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:56 PM (GITLP)
That makes him an egotistical asshole. F*ck that guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)
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Out of everything Massie has done to be a thorn in people's sides (seriously...he could accomplish some of his policy goals if he actually worked on bills in committee, but he doesn't), this story is so bottom of the barrel.
Just...they all do it. You know they do. It's horse-trading at best, and just appealing to their egos at worst. And 99% of politicians are like that.
It just makes Massie...typical congressman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)
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I assume the press release will be immediately used for fundraising.
"See? Even the speaker of the house acknowledges the GREAT WORK I'm doing in Congress FIGHTING THE FIGHT for the people of Kentucky! Send me money to CONTINUE THE FIGHTIEST FIGHT EVER FOUGHT!"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: paulnjax at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (PPnyU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:01 PM (GBKbO)
Could be ...
Posted by: James Woods at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (3sXRv)
I'm also not sure Maxwell is in prison. The person who plead the 5th last week looked nothing like her.
Alls I'm sayin' is, I'm open to suggestions.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Getting to the bottom of it at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (gbwMD)
Rode bike to corner. Hands so cold the beer felt warm.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 03:03 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)
But he's just...venal.
I mean, I knew he wasn't principled when he voted to raise the debt ceiling under Biden, but that tummy rub begging is just SO pathetic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)
Every time some Russian that annoys Putin "accidentally" falls out of a window the FNM tells me Putin is obviously to blame.
Every time some Westerner that is bothering the left dies under suspicion circumstances though the FNM tells me only a conspiracy theorist would believe a government would kill someone making problems for it
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm)
Rode bike to corner. Hands so cold the beer felt warm.
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Should have taken the riding mower.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 03:04 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: Getting to the bottom of it at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (gbwMD)
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Snake pit.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 03:04 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 03:05 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: Getting to the bottom of it at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (gbwMD)
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Snake pit.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 03:04 PM (rj6Yv)
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https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=DSraKwCWBUw
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:05 PM (GBKbO)
He seems to really only have interest in females who are in high school or sort of high schoolish looking.
I'm guessing he first connected with Ghislaine when she was a teenager and he was pitching her dad on the same Bear Stearns services he was doing for Bronfman and Wexler.
Ruemmler would have been a teenager in the late 1980s. Maybe she first crossed paths with Epstein then.
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 03:05 PM (r3hkP)
For example, in Biden's earlier run for president he was presented as a leftist clown and a joke and in 2020 Jonah Goldberg, Lowry, and Cooke were taking turns felating him.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqQm)
A patient told me this a couple days ago.
She really believes it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 03:06 PM (F/+zi)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 03:06 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: I Have Got An Hosepipe..... at February 19, 2026 03:06 PM (oftw2)
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If you ACT now, we will match your $100 up to 20X!!!
Help us stop the LIBERAL agenda today!!
/s/ GOPe
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 03:06 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)
You just don't like her because she's an obvious girl- and of legal age of consent.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)
Maybe it’ll simply be a giant purple dildo, maybe it will be something more.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (1sdiE)
They only seem to be taking down the enemies of America, Christianity, and Moral Decency.
I thought that's why we were all in this, right? To conserve America?
Posted by: Release the Kraken! at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (mgmW3)
One wonders about that. Sometimes. Dr. Jolyn “Jolly” West, despite his denials, was a contracted spook hypnotist for you know who in the 1950s thru the 1970s. Among other notable achievements , he managed to kill an Elephant with L.S.D. at an Oklahoma zoo in his “research”, and examined Jack Ruby in his cell (who was determined to be insane). Also examined Sirhan, Patty Hearst, and Tim McVeigh, among others. The really weird connection is an Air Force airman named Shaver, who was one of his patients. Later went on to rape and murder a young girl, and claimed he had no memory of the incident. Dr. West hypnotized him as part of the interrogation.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (TgO2L)
Mutual of Omaha insurance will wrap you in a loving embrace just like the embrace the giant anaconda is giving Jim right now. Let's see how it turns out.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
Maybe it’ll simply be a giant purple dildo, maybe it will be something more.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (1sdiE)
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Maybe Epstein was an unremarkable corner of the giant mesh of corruption that is our government and financial sector.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 03:08 PM (ht3QZ)
Most of the arguments I've see are they met around '91 when she was ~30 but a few argue it was a bit earlier in the late 80s.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 02:44 PM (kTyBw)
It was another Iran-Contra scam. It was to provide weapons to allow the Sinaloa cartel to defeat or push back on the Los Zeta cartel. The Los Zetas were stealing oil from Pemex pipelines, among other things.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 03:09 PM (rbvCR)
watch?v=DSraKwCWBUw
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:05 PM (GBKbO)
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Yeah, something like that.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 03:10 PM (rj6Yv)
>> Maybe Epstein was an unremarkable corner of the giant mesh of corruption that is our government and financial sector.
If Epstein was unremarkable, I’d like to know what a pipe hitter looks like.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:10 PM (LknVv)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)
>> Maybe Epstein was an unremarkable corner of the giant mesh of corruption that is our government and financial sector.
If Epstein was unremarkable, I’d like to know what a pipe hitter looks like.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:10 PM (LknVv)
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More competent in keeping his name out of the papers, for one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:10 PM (LknVv)
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Hint: He has ballsack eyes
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 03:11 PM (5aZAZ)
They only seem to be taking down the enemies of America, Christianity, and Moral Decency.
I thought that's why we were all in this, right? To conserve America?
Posted by: Release the Kraken! at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (mgmW3)
Because some innocent people named in the files will be dragged through the mud.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:12 PM (+YA9H)
Its sort of a cargo cult thing.
They believe that the alternative media talking about Epstein's ties to leftists like Clinton hurt them in the last few election cycles so if they just keep repeating Trump and Epstein's names together in the media it will hurt Trump...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)
Maybe it’ll simply be a giant purple dildo, maybe it will be something more.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:07 PM (1sdiE)
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Maybe Epstein was an unremarkable corner of the giant mesh of corruption that is our government and financial sector.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Epstein isn't even noteworthy on the sex pest scale. He seems to have blended the sex element of being rich and powerful with the political/influence-peddling element better than most, but in terms of what he was doing? Par for the course. There are tons of barely-legal girls sashaying around every rich-guy party, and most of the girls are either outright for sale or half-whore yacht girls.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
But. Crank up the gennie. Maybe a Crockpot day. Read a good book, wait for all those good flavors to meld. Chicken pasta of some kind. Maybe taters, onions & bacon?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 03:13 PM (TgO2L)
As an example of this, Joe Rogan was in the news explaining he was in the Epstein files because he turned Epstein down for a meeting.
But
I think we need full transparency for stuff like this.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
True!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:14 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
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"I was not a half whore!"
-Meghan McArdle
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)
>> More competent in keeping his name out of the papers, for one.
Oh I’m sure Epstein isn’t a one off and his predilections were his undoing, but he has been at the game a very long time and it was only when he could no temper his demons that he was undone.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:14 PM (LknVv)
I am not fine with this being DC and the MSMs primary topic. There are real issues relevant to today that they are dodging as they grandstand about their sudden, impotent embrace of the “Epstein was a bad dude” hottake.
No sh#t, you guyz - and you did nothing while he was alive, and you’ve never given back any of his campaign donations.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 03:14 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 19, 2026 03:14 PM (cS1cw)
It's always cheaper just to have them killed.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:15 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Hkcdp)
okay then, maybe he ain't quite as dumb as he seems
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 03:15 PM (r3hkP)
The feminist left damned Trump for mentioning that gold diggers of this sort exist, of course I can go watch the Whatever podcast and listen to these women complain about having to have sex with rich guys to get to go to their fancy parties.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 03:11 PM (5aZAZ)
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River City AWFLs: "He left River City the library building but he left all the books to HER!"
AWFL #1 "Chaucer!"
AWFL #2 "Rabelais!"
AWFL #3 "Ballsack"
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 03:15 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 03:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: m
I used to think that too.
But the Internet newscycle is doing pretty well at exonerating people named in the files who (literally) dindu nuffin. Then politicians who fling this mud are getting the mud all over themselves instead.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (gKWVE)
Here at AoS 15 piece of flair are the bare minimum!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (sKqQm)
I just got a text from some group, of course they don't identify themselves in the text.
It said "your response to the survey has raised some eyebrows."
I texted back "Really? I don't respond to surveys. You all are lying sacks of shit."
Fight this shit anyway you can.
Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (3ek7K)
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Old Lady Guthrie! I need to tune in at the top of the hour to get the latest
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (TgO2L)
Maybe pissed off enough to tell the US that using "our" military base on Diego Garcia for strikes on Iran ain't happening.
Rumors are the Royal House is "perturbed" at us.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM
I'm gonna need you to comment this Saturday.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (jc0TO)
I'm not a horror fan, but Pooky is. Does the genre tend towards mythology from the British Isles or is it more serial-killer themed?
Posted by: pookysgirl, always curious at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (jtM2q)
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I wouldn't want a British royal to think of my American representatives on the world stage as "just like them".
Because British royalty sucks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (GBKbO)
If you only read headlines from the FNM you aren't going to get the real story but honestly the electorate deserves to know everything the government has on the Epstein scandal.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: m
I used to think that too.
But the Internet newscycle is doing pretty well at exonerating people named in the files who (literally) dindu nuffin. Then politicians who fling this mud are getting the mud all over themselves instead.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (gKWVE)
Well, time will tell, but by then, stories will be out.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:18 PM (+YA9H)
Or he stood on the size of the tits in the picture he was linking.
You know, talent or talent.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 19, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 19, 2026 03:18 PM (3dV8m)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:18 PM
Dead men tell no tales.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:18 PM (jc0TO)
Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking. To Epstein and nobody else. She could probably get some leniency on her sentence if she started naming people but again, she has not.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 03:19 PM (viF8m)
I'm not a horror fan, but Pooky is. Does the genre tend towards mythology from the British Isles or is it more serial-killer themed?
Posted by: pookysgirl, always curious at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (Wt5PA)
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I'm still very early in Hammer Films. They have 170+, I've watched 17 (released reviews of about 5).
So far, murder mysteries, mostly derived from pre-existing BBC radio dramas. Think Agatha Christie's Poirot but not nearly as fun.
Looking ahead, it's a lot of monster stuff, but I've honestly never seen any of it before. I saw The Woman in Black, one of their newer films, on an airplane years ago, but that's it.
That's why I watch 'em. To learn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:19 PM (GBKbO)
FNM: TRUMP EPSTEIN TRUMP EPSTEIN
Normie: Hey guys why did Biden sit on these files and Trump released them if he is the one with Epstein connections?
FNM: Uh...there is a lot of fake information in the files...like the stuff about all the Democrats and celebrities. But uh...TRUMP EPSTEIN!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:19 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:15 PM (jc0TO)
You could have socked that as "Hillz the Magnificent" or "Huma's Girlfriend"
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (rbvCR)
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Sometimes they used to call, sometimes text. I like to respond with “I charge $90 a minute. How would you like to pay today? I take PayPal, cash, gold bars” etc.
In the 2008 cycle I thought some pollster was going to have a stroke. They got fucking PISSED. LOL.
Basically I was like “who the fuck are you, why would I divulge my personal opinions to strangers?”
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (TgO2L)
Yes, very sad.
The longer it drags on, the worse it looks for the local authorities.
However, the only reason there’s breaking (non) news about this every day is her daughter. If she were some normies grandma they would have moved on after one story in the local news.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (Hkcdp)
FNM: TRUMP EPSTEIN TRUMP EPSTEIN
Normie: Hey guys why did Biden sit on these files and Trump released them if he is the one with Epstein connections?
FNM: Uh...there is a lot of fake information in the files...like the stuff about all the Democrats and celebrities. But uh...TRUMP EPSTEIN!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:19 PM (sKqQm)
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"All I know is that Epstein didn't kill himself. I don't even know who he is. Now, it's just nice that my wages are outpacing inflation again."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (GBKbO)
When you go to the same, ummm, parties, 'accommodations' can be made.
Posted by: Jean-Luc Brunel at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (2gvXb)
That was Mueller's daughter's prosecution right?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 03:22 PM (viF8m)
That was Mueller's daughter's prosecution right?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)
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Amazing what happens when all of your victims are also perpetrators of the crime at the same time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:22 PM (GBKbO)
Rumors are the Royal House is "perturbed" at us.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (jtM2q)
On the financial sphere on X, the comment to that was, "It'd be a shame if the dollar swap lines were cut and a couple of UK pension funds went belly up. A real shame"
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:23 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Tommy Masshole at February 19, 2026 03:23 PM (Cnlyb)
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Old Lady Guthrie! I need to tune in at the top of the hour to get the latest
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (TgO2L)
I still maintain Savannah has info that will lead to the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of Hildabeast once and for all.....and this is a warning to shut her up...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 03:24 PM (QGaXH)
I very much doubt they reduced the numbers significantly and allowed their effort (and success) to be ignored.
So, yeah. The late Mrs Guthrie is one among many many kidnapping victims.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 03:24 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)
You just don't like her because she's an obvious girl- and of legal age of consent.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
I like Jennifer Connelly's eyebrows. She has other attributes that are artfully displayed when she is riding a coin operated horse that I find especially compelling. I'm not gay, like Anderson Cooper is, like someone who might single out her eyebrows as an attractive feature over some of her other features whose appeal would arise considerable interest in and attention from a heterosexual male. Now, shouldn't we both be at work?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 03:25 PM (Dv3i1)
That was Mueller's daughter's prosecution right?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)
Limited prosecution to hide actions of the IC, who would be exposed or implicated in a full prosecution.
I call it the "limited hang-out to dry"
PDiddy had a similar outcome, didn't he?
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 03:25 PM (rbvCR)
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Old Lady Guthrie! I need to tune in at the top of the hour to get the latest
Posted by: Common Tater
Women's curling!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:25 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:26 PM (K/Dkv)
ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Who Allegedly Worked As MN Corrections Officer While AWOL From National Guard
... is everybody in Minnesota incompetent ?
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:51 PM (GITLP)
Corrupt is the word you are looking for.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
an opening square bracket
a forward slash
an i
a closing square bracket
I believe.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:26 PM (+YA9H)
So I see Olbermann commenting on the Pretti shooting arguing that the guy has a right to have a gun so law enforcement has no right to bother him
BUT
In 2023 he argued that there is no right to gun ownership and no one should be allowed to have one because all they do is lead to shootings.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)
A memory was triggered of stuff stored in my wonky brain.
I can't remember which scandal of corruption at this point, as there have been so many involving the Clintons, Obungo and the elite. However I remembered something...
During one under the wire scandal, people were communicating with drafts. They had the ability to get into government emails or private emails and read drafts vs actual communicating emails that could be traced.
Another scandal involved communicating through a video game.
This woman is in deep. Her spokeswoman can bleat all she wants, the fact that she did favors and received gifts is not a casual friendship. She was being paid off by Uncle Jeffrey.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 03:27 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:28 PM (Kc+Vz)
AWOL from the Pennsylvania National Guard, at that, and posing as an American.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 03:28 PM (2gvXb)
I very much doubt they reduced the numbers significantly and allowed their effort (and success) to be ignored.
So, yeah. The late Mrs Guthrie is one among many many kidnapping victims.
Posted by: garrett
It's possible a cartel grabbed her for ranson and she up & died on them.
And they went, "shit! Now what?" And were left holding the bag.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:28 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2026 03:28 PM (RkOfE)
Could be the last US-Canada Olympic hockey game ever, so tune in now!
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 03:29 PM (2gvXb)
I very much doubt they reduced the numbers significantly and allowed their effort (and success) to be ignored.
So, yeah. The late Mrs Guthrie is one among many many kidnapping victims.
Posted by: garrett
It's possible a cartel grabbed her for ranson and she up & died on them.
And they went, "shit! Now what?" And were left holding the bag.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:28 PM (SD6jB)
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I'm skeptical this was a kidnapping at all. We'll see.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)
AWOL from the Pennsylvania National Guard, at that, and posing as an American.
Posted by: t-bird
I'll bet 10,000 quatloos he's been voting.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:29 PM (SD6jB)
Les wrote something like "you violated the first rule"
He didn't say what the rule was, but I'm thinking it might be "don't bang the underage models" re Victoria's Secret
So possibly Wexner was not aware of all that was going on with Epstein
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 03:30 PM (r3hkP)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)
******
Massie is not typical. He's a constant backstabber.
I doubt the Democrats would want him in their party as he is more trouble than he's worth.
Right now he's a useful idiot for them.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 03:30 PM (NpAcC)
But the Internet newscycle is doing pretty well at exonerating people named in the files who (literally) dindu nuffin. Then politicians who fling this mud are getting the mud all over themselves instead.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (gKWVE)
A million people will remember the slander for every thousand that will recall the correction afterwards.
The couple democrats that have resigned from their cushy posts are going to still be living comfortable lives and barely receive a mention outside of conservative media.
In the other bubble Trump and Epstein are now apparently running mates if not conjoined from birth. Every time someone else is "exposed" it's even more evidence that Orange Man Bad. That is all they care about and all they will ever remember from any of this.
Posted by: Sjg at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (aqZN1)
The Hand That Feeds: Commie Mamdani Wants to Take a Big Bite Out of NYC Teacher's Pension Fund
https://is.gd/GC0ILA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (FXNzP)
I doubt the Democrats would want him in their party as he is more trouble than he's worth.
Right now he's a useful idiot for them.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 03:30 PM (NpAcC)
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I'm going to need more facts in evidence that constant backstabber isn't a trait of a typical congressman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)
Les wrote something like "you violated the first rule"
He didn't say what the rule was, but I'm thinking it might be "don't bang the underage models" re Victoria's Secret
So possibly Wexner was not aware of all that was going on with Epstein
Posted by: TITP
The first rule is, "Don't get caught!"
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (SD6jB)
Rumors are the Royal House is "perturbed" at us.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (jtM2q)
On the financial sphere on X, the comment to that was, "It'd be a shame if the dollar swap lines were cut and a couple of UK pension funds went belly up. A real shame"
Posted by: Kindltot - Paranoia is just pattern recogintion at February 19, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)
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Politics at their finest. "fuck you... no, fuck You!" Would have been a treat to be on the phone calls between Buckingham Palace and the White House earlier.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (Kc+Vz)
The Hand That Feeds: Commie Mamdani Wants to Take a Big Bite Out of NYC Teacher's Pension Fund
https://is.gd/GC0ILA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (FXNzP)
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Please, Lord, let the Teachers of NYC lose their pensions because of their push for swarthy communism.
It would be so fucking funny.
Amen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:32 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 03:32 PM (K/Dkv)
FNM: TRUMP EPSTEIN TRUMP EPSTEIN
Normie: Hey guys why did Biden sit on these files and Trump released them if he is the one with Epstein connections?
FNM: Uh...there is a lot of fake information in the files...like the stuff about all the Democrats and celebrities. But uh...TRUMP EPSTEIN!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 03:19 PM (sKqQm)
******
Nice summation.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 03:33 PM (NpAcC)
We can Bring Forth Treats on demand and administer Ear Treatments, which they don't expect from each other, but...
they do behave as if we are Colony Cats with the licking, biscuit-making, and sleeping as a group.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 03:33 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Max Power at February 19, 2026 03:33 PM (SwyyQ)
The Hand That Feeds: Commie Mamdani Wants to Take a Big Bite Out of NYC Teacher's Pension Fund
https://is.gd/GC0ILA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (FXNzP)
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Please, Lord, let the Teachers of NYC lose their pensions because of their push for swarthy communism.
It would be so fucking funny.
Amen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:32 PM (GBKbO)
He should take it all. Take 100% of the Pension Fund. All of it.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:34 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 03:20 PM (TgO2L)
I would get texts, presumably from local realtors, saying they had investors with all cash offers for my house. I would name what I thought was a ridiculous price and never hear from them again.
Last time I did it they wanted to take me up on my named price....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 03:34 PM (QGaXH)
Women's hockey final going to OT
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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DAMN. Meanwhile, I'm watching Amber Glenn crawl back to the top spot. Honestly -- good for her.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 03:34 PM (aM1Wh)
Les wrote something like "you violated the first rule"
He didn't say what the rule was, but I'm thinking it might be "don't bang the underage models" re Victoria's Secret
So possibly Wexner was not aware of all that was going on with Epstein
Posted by: TITP
The first rule is, "Don't get caught!"
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM
I thought the first rule was you don;t talk about underage sex club.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 03:34 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (jtM2q)
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I wouldn't want a British royal to think of my American representatives on the world stage as "just like them".
Because British royalty sucks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (GBKbO)
Their representatives in government are worse.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:34 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 03:34 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:35 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Max Power at February 19, 2026 03:33 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 03:35 PM (+YA9H)
It's possible a cartel grabbed her for ranson and she up & died on them.
And they went, "shit! Now what?" And were left holding the bag.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:28 PM (SD6jB)
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I'm skeptical this was a kidnapping at all. We'll see.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)
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From the start I have thought this involves Mexico and cartels. We'll either see or not, I guess. Am not following it because I'd rather pick my nose than watch tv news since 2012 and Benghazi.
I do look at one guy's videos now and then, Brian Entin. I think he's genuine and not a lunatic news person.
Mostly I tune out everything unless it's about me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 03:35 PM (WONhk)
In the other bubble Trump and Epstein are now apparently running mates if not conjoined from birth. Every time someone else is "exposed" it's even more evidence that Orange Man Bad. That is all they care about and all they will ever remember from any of this.
Posted by: Sjg at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (aqZN1)
The problem is they love the attention, the access to power, the sucking up by the media. Not having it hurts them badly.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:37 PM (8avO+)
During one under the wire scandal, people were communicating with drafts. They had the ability to get into government emails or private emails and read drafts vs actual communicating emails that could be traced.
Another scandal involved communicating through a video game.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 03:27 PM (WONhk)
Both methods were common Al Qaeda communications tradecraft going back at least 20 years or more, and were being used to track AQ assholes for most of that time.
So they really only worked if the Fed IC guys didn't WANT to read/trace the messages.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 03:39 PM (kTyBw)
It would be so fucking funny.
Amen.
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This and Miami taking over Cuba.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 03:40 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Juris Doctor Doom at February 19, 2026 03:42 PM (iXj6n)
yeah, but there was some other scandal involving this that was not Al Qaeda. I just can't remember which one.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (WONhk)
I'm sure you're right. I'm just thinking in terms of where they cleverly thought up the communications method and the fact that the Feds can easily intercept those messages if they really wanted to.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 03:45 PM (kTyBw)
There's a report in the Epstein files from someone who said he met Ghislaine (who was with her boyfriend "Jeffry") at a meeting with political candidate Bill Richardson at a hotel in Albuquerque in fall of 1982.
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 03:48 PM (r3hkP)
I'm glad the files are being released, I think games are still being played as they are being released. It is not just about the "yacht girls".
Back to the comments.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2026 03:50 PM (RkOfE)
I'm also not sure Maxwell is in prison. The person who plead the 5th last week looked nothing like her.
Alls I'm sayin' is, I'm open to suggestions.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 03:02 PM (3ImbR)
The only good reason to doubt widespread use of body doubles in public life is that there is no way all those narcissistic midwits could keep a lid on it. Otherwise, it makes perfect sense.
We have seen that there is widespread knee-jerk corruption in our social elites; any perq that can be abused, will be abused, and body doubles are a real service offered by security companies to throw off paparazzi (or worse) from your real destination. So, it is logical to expect that clients would keep on pushing the boundaries of what they could use them for.
Why not tiresome public appearances where they have to be seen to attend, and don't have to talk to anyone but other elites who know the score? Why not cover for an illness? Why not cover for a hangover? Why not cover for a disability -- if you don't go on the Senate floor itself (b/c hoodie), then you're not breaking any laws, right?
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 03:51 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 03:41 PM (WONhk)
General Petraeus and his mistress?
Posted by: TITP at February 19, 2026 03:57 PM (r3hkP)
Les wrote something like "you violated the first rule"
He didn't say what the rule was, but I'm thinking it might be "don't bang the underage models" re Victoria's Secret
So possibly Wexner was not aware of all that was going on with Epstein
Posted by: TITP
The first rule is, "Don't get caught!"
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 03:31 PM (SD6jB)
That is a good rule, but I always thought the first rule of everything was "don't shit where you eat." It has many corollaries, such "don't stick your hand in the till" and "don't dip your wick in the company ink." Maybe "don't get caught" is a first rule for inveterate rule-breakers.
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 04:13 PM (Sy6m/)
LOL: Anderson Pooper's Team Rushes to the Media to Claim He Wasn't Pushed Out, He Quit on Prinzibuhls
Do you believe that CBS was all-set to re-sign Anderson Pooper and in fact make him "the face of 60 Minutes"?
Because, garsh, I sure don't. But that's the story being peddled, to the NY Post of all places. The semen-pale propagandist claims that he just didn't like Bari Weiss, CBS News' editor in chief, "inserting" herself into editorial decisions. Anderson Pooper will do all the inserting, thank you very much.LOL. I imagine they made him a deliberately-insulting offer to induce him to turn them down.
Anderson Cooper's recent decision not to renew his contract with "60 Minutes" came at the last minute and left execs at the struggling network flat-footed, a source with knowledge of the matter told The Post on Wednesday.
The journo had been poised to become the face of "60 Minutes" under CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski, who privately lauded him as an important player at the struggling news network.Sure sure sure. Who wouldn't want an old, cum-colored no-ratings hack from soon-to-be-bankrupt CNN as the face of your top news magazine?
And it's well known that he rarely pulls out.
But Cooper's decision to pull out came as the deal was in its final tages, the source said.
"They must be pissed," the person said of Weiss and Cibrowski, who'd seen the CNN anchor as a prominent face of "60 Minutes."For some reason I hear "They must be pissed" in Anderson Pooper's voice.
"They wanted to build the show around him," the source added.Uh-huh. The article says that Pooper wants to spend more time "with his two young sons."
Raise your hand if you believe that Anderson Pooper is scandalized by an "outrageous lifestyle" or even having sex with underaged people. Now take that hand and slap yourself in the back of the head, you big dummy.
Both CBS News and a rep for Cooper declined to comment. [S]ources said a series of recent decisions by Weiss were what prompted Cooper to end his nearly 20-year run at "60 Minutes." Those include her revamp of "60 Minutes," which will likely include pushing out veteran correspondents like Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, as previously reported by The Post. Sources also pointed to Weiss' unwillingness to fire wellness contributor Peter Attia over his chummy, eyebrow-raising emails with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Recently surfaced emails showed Attia telling Epstein the "biggest problem [about] becoming friends" with him was having to keep quiet about his "outrageous lifestyle" -- in an exchange with the chilling subject line, "Got a fresh shipment."
I have a rule that helps me tell when people are lying: People who tell the truth will tell one story. Similarly, they will also usually offer one, or at most, two reasons for a decision they're making, and stick to those. When people are lying, they start spamming out a bunch of reasons for a decision because they don't trust their own lie. They don't have the confidence to go with just one dishonest reason, because most liars feel they're on shaky ground when lying, and they're afraid that if they put all their eggs in one basket, that one basket will be interrogated and proven false and then they'll be exposed as a liar. So instead they start flooding the filed with a bunch of different lies, feeling safe that if any of those lies is disproven, they still have five more to fall back on. So no, I don't believe Anderson Pooper's Aerial Chaff of lies to explain his departure. I believe they either told him they would not renew, or made an embarrassingly low fake offer, and told him "We'll let you say this was all your idea." I briefly mentioned this in quick hits, but here's a longer article: Jake Tapper is very, very mad that CNN brass have curtailed "journalists'" ability to self-promote, both on their own shows as well as in their social media because they were embarrassed by Tapper turning his show (and Twitter feed) into a never-ending infomercial for his Biden Cover-Up book. (The other article was at the Satanic Daily Beast so I didn't want to link it.)
Sources also pointed to Weiss' involvement in the journalism and management of "60 Minutes," which long operated in a silo under its executive producer. "He doesn't like that she has inserted herself," a CBS source said of Cooper, pointing to Weiss' recent editorial scrutiny of his "60 Minutes" piece on the Trump administration's decision to accept refugees from South Africa.
I like that this sissy did what girls do and got a group of his Beties together to issue a joint complaint to management. Possibly Anderson Pooper was part of his Girl-Squad.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper is said to be fuming over a new company policy that sharply restricts how on-air talent can promote their own books. Tapper, who hosts "The Lead" and co-anchors "State of the Union" at the Warner Bros. Discovery--owned network, is "very, very unhappy" with a directive from CNN chief Mark Thompson that prohibits anchors from promoting books beyond publication day, a network journalist told Breaker Media. The veteran political anchor, who has authored eight books, most recently co-writing a bestseller about President Joe Biden's decline and his disastrous decision to seek reelection, used his CNN platform extensively to promote the title -- a rollout that some colleagues internally described as turning the network into a "rolling infomercial," according to Breaker. On Feb. 4, CNN updated its standards guide in what Breaker reported was a direct response to Tapper's on-air promotion. The revised policy states: "We should not mix news and advertising, even when what is being advertised is work by a leading CNN journalist." Under the new guidelines, anchors may acknowledge publication of a book on its release date if integrated into a journalistic segment -- but they "should not promote it following publication day on their own program."
The policy also bars the use of websites, QR codes or links to drive personal sales and requires CNN authors to meet with members of the executive leadership team to approve any rollout plan tied to CNN platforms. In addition, all book-related promotion must be reviewed and approved by CNN PR, and no third parties beyond a publisher may be contracted without approval from the head of CNN PR, according to the policy reviewed by Breaker. Tensions had already been simmering inside the newsroom. Breaker previously reported that staffers questioned the decision to air anonymously sourced claims from Tapper's book, arguing that limited internal fact-checking of outside works put CNN in an awkward position.
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Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 01:20 PM (YwEeS)
But since he isn't a leftist that's not going to happen.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (1wjle)
Oh and Jake Tapper is a prissy bitch
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (Kc+Vz)
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (FXNzP)
oh I'd definitely watch!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: GWB at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (02Em6)
Test those kids for Monkeypoxx.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (j+aD2)
So, his show was literally bukkake theater.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 19, 2026 01:24 PM (4Vtc4)
When someone says,"Can't they both lose?", this is what they mean
Farage is basically Mike Pence.
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 01:13 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 19, 2026 01:24 PM (QFp6v)
There's your problem...
you should have borrowed some of Ace's Truvada.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:24 PM (1Udfd)
Where, oh where, will we find anyone else who can read out loud, asked the AI-curious network...
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 01:24 PM (UBWwW)
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Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2026 01:26 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 01:26 PM (g6TN6)
just started. both teams seem tight, nervous
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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Just for clarification, by "Cheaters" you are NOT referring to the Univ of Michigan Football Team, correct?
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (GPjKT)
Posted by: gnats local 678
She can always leave it unbuttoned.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (Kc+Vz)
He makes $18-$20M/year on CNN...of course, that may also been ending soon...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (tOcjL)
Test those kids for Monkeypoxx.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (1Udfd)
Disgusting thought...and probably a good idea.
Posted by: Test the dog too at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)
When people are lying, they start spamming out a bunch of reasons for a decision because they don't trust their own lie. They don't have the confidence to go with just one dishonest reason, because most liars feel they're on shaky ground when lying, and they're afraid that if they put all their eggs in one basket, that one basket will be interrogated and proven false and then they'll be exposed as a liar. So instead they start flooding the filed with a bunch of different lies, feeling safe that if any of those lies is disproven, they still have five more to fall back on.
Nuh uhn!
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (kTyBw)
Attia was an odd one to be so prominently in the files. He's a relative nobody, a snake oil salesman, and didn't appear to have any special connections or influence that could be leveraged.
Yet, he and Epstein seemed to be pretty close, or at least close enough to exchange graphically sexual texts and emails, that almost bordered on gay sexual innuendo.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19,
Ronan? There is like 60 years difference between the 2! Okay, maybe 30. And yes. He is. Also questions around whether he is actually Frank Sinatra’s son.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (xvV+O)
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Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 01:31 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Piper
I heard somewhere that the Sinatra family had accepted him as such. And he does look a little bit like Frank.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 19, 2026 01:31 PM (xvV+O)
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You can say a lot about Farage - he's a sellout, he's been co-opted, he's got a weakness for swarthy moslims, but he's got an engaging personality. The only personality Pence ever showed was he is the white haired guy in the Johnny Quest memes.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 01:31 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 01:32 PM (uQzkA)
Test those kids for Monkeypoxx.
Posted by: garrett at February 19
I always wondered if Anderson was molested by the fashion fairies in his mother’s orbit. I pray he has protected his sons. Anderson seems to be a more grounded gay - like Ric Grenell. Only with really bad politics. He was kind of funny telling stories about how his mother wasn’t raising him to believe he would just be given things because of who she was, I can’t remember where is saw that. He was almost likeable in those interviews.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:32 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)
got a group of his Beties together
What's a little typo or two amongst Morons, eh?
And when one cranks out as many words a day as the Boss does, who has time for careful re-reading/editing?
🙄
Don' taze me, bro.
Posted by: mindful webworker - watts that spel? at February 19, 2026 01:32 PM (oq2IS)
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Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (xvV+O)
This is why I love this site -- the life advice. It is better than church.
The logic Ace covers made me immediately think of this scene, I had to look it up to get the exact quote:
Jake: No I didn't. Honest! I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts! It wasn't my fault! I swear to God!
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (5LjnF)
Attia was an odd one to be so prominently in the files. He's a relative nobody, a snake oil salesman, and didn't appear to have any special connections or influence that could be leveraged.
Yet, he and Epstein seemed to be pretty close, or at least close enough to exchange graphically sexual texts and emails, that almost bordered on gay sexual innuendo.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)
Attia's huge in the online "wellness / fitness" community.
He's the go to guy for podcasts that the younger demographic eats up.
But yes, scratch that thin veneer of "expertise" and he's faker than a $20.00 Rolex ...
Posted by: browndog has questions at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (3sXRv)
A few years back there was a car commercial, with fey bell-like music a la Harry Potter theme, and a pack of white wolves following a car at night in snow.
The dog went nuts, and would come running from other rooms if she heard the music.
Not long after that, my husband had CNN on while he was working from home, and Anderson Cooper came on.
The dog sat up and growled at the TV.
She did this more than once, and we couldn't figure it out, until we guessed she thought he was one of the white wolves from the commercial.
Same long pointy face, almond eyes, and white hair.
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
But weren't the victims all female?
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: MikeN at February 19, 2026 01:36 PM (8uQGY)
Posted by: 2009Refugee
Good one.
Posted by: Ohio State Buckeye at February 19, 2026 01:36 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 19, 2026 01:36 PM (BCuCF)
Yet, he and Epstein seemed to be pretty close, or at least close enough to exchange graphically sexual texts and emails, that almost bordered on gay sexual innuendo.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
Bannon counseled him all wrong. Epstein should have come out as a dem politician who cries on cámara claiming he is a sex addict and is going to rehab.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:36 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: mindful webworker - but, but, Bailey! at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (oq2IS)
Same long pointy face, almond eyes, and white hair.
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (enw9G)
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Poor little doggie. A. Cooper is in no way a white wolf; he's an albino ferret.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (5LjnF)
"Here's how the @latimes described @bariweiss being canceled at UCLA because of threats: "CBS’s Bari Weiss pulls out of UCLA lecture." The thugs can threaten, and media will blame you. There's no accountability. Notably, lecture named for Daniel Pearl, murdered for being Jewish.
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) February 19, 2026"
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (V6W16)
DID I MENTION I AM GAY?????
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 19, 2026 01:30 PM (fYhK6)
Well, every New Year broadcast he does has him plastered on booze or drugs, giggling like it's Friday night at the Blue Oyster Bar. It's worse when he brings on a fag hag like that ginger shit, Kathy Griffin.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 01:37 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (7zna0)
56 shirtless blindfolded young men found in frat basement at University of Iowa.
Police say it is an illegal frat hazing.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19
That is hysterical. I love this so much.
It’s been said cats view humans as really ugly, really stupid cats. Dogs know we aren’t dogs, just loveable oafs, and elephants think people are cute like we think puppies are cute. How anyone knows this is beyond me, but it’s fun to think about it.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:39 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Piper
And very different hair styles.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 01:39 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 01:39 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: MikeN at February 19, 2026 01:36 PM (8uQGY)
*****
Evidently, he's been there since 2007.
I didn't realize he was on 60 minutes either.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Kc+Vz)
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Cats think we are big cats that have opposable thumbs that can feed them.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (4jnK3)
Posted by: Mr. Barky at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (vnzIL)
*looks at ratings*
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: The scoreboard at February 19, 2026 01:41 PM (OKqJ/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:41 PM (ht3QZ)
I think I found he writes screenplays or musicals something and lives in NYC. Not prima facie evidence he’s a fairy, but it’s sort of questionable.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 01:41 PM (yFlgz)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 01:41 PM (aZV8C)
Posted by: 2009Refugee
Bitch set 'em up!
Canadian Olympian claims they were set up to get caught cheating
NEW: Canadian curling star Marc Kennedy claims he was set up by "premeditated" cameras to catch him "in an act" of cheating.
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Premeditated cameras are the worst kind!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:41 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Piper
I heard somewhere that the Sinatra family had accepted him as such. And he does look a little bit like Frank.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)
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There is zero chance Ronan is Woody's son. I don't know if his father is really Frank, but it sure as hell ain't Woody. Who knows who Mia was fucking at the time.
Ronan lives in NYC. I've seen him at some functions. He's pretty tall -- much taller than Woody, Mia, or Frank. I suspect his true father is a tall guy.
I also suspect he was abused and tormented as a kid. No surprise he's a poofter.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ballistic at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (yFlgz)
My place looks out at the Selway Wilderness.
9K peaks all across the horizon.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Beavis and Butthead at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (Iwv3U)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 01:42 PM (c5xxP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (J0Fdh)
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Cats think we are big cats that have opposable thumbs that can feed them.
Posted by: pudinhead
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I always wonder if wild animals like birds understand or appreciate what we do. Do they know that we planted the fruit trees they are pilfering from? Do they know we built these houses, or do they think we just moved in like they move into trees? If they do, they must think we are gods.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (aZV8C)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Those files contain young girls.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (q1Ts/)
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Trump's name appears 780 times in the Gillespie kidnapping files!!!
/s/ Thom-ass M-ass-ie hosting his new CNN+ show.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (pZ64F)
The presents they bring us are because we can’t hunt and they are worried about us. And they do the play attack, kick us with their back legs thingy in the hopes we improve our hunting acumen, as this is how they teach kittens.
My cats do none of this. They apparently don’t think I am in danger of starving.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (gVUi7)
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Crows are pretty fucking smart.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 01:43 PM (aZV8C)
*******
30 Seconds.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (NpAcC)
46 flooding the filed
got a group of his Beties together
What's a little typo or two amongst Morons, eh?
And when one cranks out as many words a day as the Boss does, who has time for careful re-reading/editing?
🙄
Don' taze me, bro.
Posted by: mindful webworker - watts that spel? at February 19, 2026 01:32 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 01:45 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 01:45 PM (DgMqy)
He's been pumped full with a lot of things...
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:46 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: bob
My wife once saw a Canada goose crossing a road using the crosswalk, and after the "walk" signal had appeared.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (ht3QZ)
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Morely Safer > A. Cooper
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 01:46 PM (rj6Yv)
Piper, she is a hoot. Funniest thing she ever did with the TV was attack during a news segment on an orangutan that had escaped from an Asian zoo, and was swinging through the downtown of a major city on the power lines.
She was on her hind legs barking furiously, with her front paws scrabbling at the screen, then, when the ape swung out of camera range, she bolted to the side window of the room and kept barking, looking to see where it went.
She is 12 now, and still protects me from onscreen animals, including some cartoon ones.
Here is the offending ad, where she even hated the music:
https://tinyurl.com/3e9wm9u9
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19, 2026 01:46 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: What's a CNN? at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (OKqJ/)
'Gourd your loins.'
cast off the gourd! follow the shoe!
Posted by: anachronda at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (5P5xl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (ht3QZ)
9K peaks all across the horizon.
Posted by: garrett
Awesome. My mother was from Orofino, my father from Kamiah. I spent many summers with my grandfather in Orofino. As a yewt, my dog and I did numerous solo backpacking trips in thay wilderness. You are indeed blessed.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
56 shirtless blindfolded young men found in frat basement at University of Iowa.
Police say it is an illegal frat hazing.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (3ek7K)
Why are frat hazing rituals gay AF?
Posted by: Chi Omicron Kappa forever bro! at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (TbWk/)
219 Eeeeeenteresting.
What a counterintuitive twist in the climate story.
......Data from NASA’s ....MODIS instruments show that....
https://is.gd/CgLvbj
Of course, this doesn't prove anything about AGW. All it proves is that higher CO2 levels are good for plants, which we already knew.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
MODIS and follow-on VIIRS developed and produced by Raytheon's (legacy Hughes) SBRS and El Sequndo sites and one of us morons had a hand in the design, build and launch of several VIIRS instruments.....
VIIRS data is also used to refine the hurricane forecast predicts certainty out to five days from previous three days...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 01:48 PM (QGaXH)
The 1st period ended at 0-0. In their previous round robin game the Canadians got pelted 5-0. This time the Beavers have been relentlessly gnawing away the USA defense while their goalie has the USA offensive dammed up.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 19, 2026 01:49 PM (tqpXi)
Here is the offending ad, where she even hated the music:
https://tinyurl.com/3e9wm9u9
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19, 2026 01:46 PM
That's funny.
My dog goes nuts when the television uses a Red Tail Hawk scream and she goes running to the window looking for the hawk. A lot of shows and movies use that sound and she thinks the hawk is outside.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 19, 2026 01:49 PM (Jpq0z)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2026 01:49 PM (AlhUl)
Police say it is an illegal frat hazing.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (3ek7K)
Why are frat hazing rituals gay AF?
Posted by: Chi Omicron Kappa forever bro! at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (TbWk/)
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Because frats are gay af?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
She is 12 now, and still protects me from onscreen animals, including some cartoon ones.
Posted by: barbarausa at February
She has obviously been very successful because there you are, never attacked or taken by an animal from the TV.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:49 PM (pZEOD)
The mystery with Cooper, for me, is his mother being Gloria Vanderbuilt (RIP? Don't know!).Another tie to the elite. A strange painting in a photo of her reading to her little tykes. Then he swishes in ghey, possibly from his upbringing. Many gheys, so I read, were abused as children, however, love is love.
There was a Podesta painting in the past...of sad children in the Vanderbuilt pool. Looking sad or drugged, with red shoes and red behinds and shame. Rope noose things on the pool and a retractable ladder. Creepy painting at Podesta's, and it was said to be the Vanderbuilt dungeon pool.
https://tinyurl.com/48xrjd9w
I don't like indoor pools as a swimmer. However, this one is very creepy. A lot of Biltmore has a rather dark feeling, so I read.
I think I have this correct, but my yogurt could be off and I am hallucinating.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 01:49 PM (WONhk)
Nice! My old Lab Mix from college saw more Wilderness and National Parks than most people. Nothing like a multi-day trip into the wilderness.
I only wish it was as easy to sneak a bike into those places!
And yeah, I lucked out when I found my place.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:49 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:50 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: Andy Cohen at February 19, 2026 01:50 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at February 19, 2026 01:50 PM (OKqJ/)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:50 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Zombie Englebert Humperdinck at February 19, 2026 01:51 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 01:51 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
If you find Jack Black insufferably annoying, did you really miss anything by being unaware of this remake?
Eventually TJM would have gotten around to this director on his YT channel.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 01:52 PM (ExV1e)
9K peaks all across the horizon.
Posted by: garrett
Graves Pk was one of my favorites.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:53 PM (TtTH3)
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
BREAKING: Chicago Bears are moving out of Chicago, building a stadium in Indiana
https://is.gd/uBpWK0
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"Not edible": Grandson of Reese's inventor slams Hershey for altering peanut butter cup recipe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:53 PM (FXNzP)
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You can say a lot about Farage - he's a sellout, he's been co-opted, he's got a weakness for swarthy moslims, but he's got an engaging personality. The only personality Pence ever showed was he is the white haired guy in the Johnny Quest memes.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 01:31 PM (Dv3i1)
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Pence is making media tours speaking out against Trump's tariffs trying to give cover to the Supreme Court to rule against the administration.
Piece of human excrement. Farage is just the PT Barnum of Politics.
Posted by: Orson at February 19, 2026 01:53 PM (dIske)
I see a lot of Elk there...
I am on the other side, looking West.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:53 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ)
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How pathetic that Cooper might be 'the face' for anything...,
I wouldn't even want him on my toilet paper.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 01:54 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Sigh . . . We've reached the point where we mock Canada like we used to mock the Soviets
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 01:54 PM (GPjKT)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
My company made the control boards they used to make the snake wiggle in the first movie.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)
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I heard that first from David Lee Roth.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 01:55 PM (TN0g+)
So loaded, this question.
I see bear on my mt bike rides just about every other week. 90+% of the time it is Black Bear.
But, every once in a while, it's not...and those are the scary days.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:55 PM (1Udfd)
The 1st period ended at 0-0. In their previous round robin game the Canadians got pelted 5-0. This time the Beavers have been relentlessly gnawing away the USA defense while their goalie has the USA offensive dammed up.
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Unless there's a tie, one of those teams is going down. I hope there's no foul play, that would be bush league.
Posted by: Double E at February 19, 2026 01:55 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
He slam his grandad for inventing that abomination to begin with.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)
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At first, I assumed that these, and candy bars in general, just don't taste the same because the palate changes over time. But I did start to suspect they were subbing in lower quality ingredients.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 01:56 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 01:54 PM (GPjKT)
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"Elbows Up!" is so 2025.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 01:56 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bulg
Better question in that area is have you ever run into a wolf?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:56 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Chi Omicron
TBH, this is why I avoided frats in school.
I guess there must be some negative selection going on, where people willing to do that shit, and willing to abuse others when they get in, gravitate toward the institution.
If anyone tried to make me do any weird shit I would have gotten pretty insulted and angry.
So, in a way, it is selecting for success in the corrupt elite world -- people willing to humiliate themselves and take orders, and then give stupid orders to be part of the club.
(apologies to any Greekers in the moron world reading this.)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:56 PM (5LjnF)
I used to watch that and I am very ashamed.
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 01:57 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)
And did you have a copy of the movie at home and use "Want to come back to my place and see a big snake wiggle" as a pick up line?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 01:57 PM (ExV1e)
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
BREAKING: Chicago Bears are moving out of Chicago, building a stadium in Indiana
https://is.gd/uBpWK0
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"Not edible": Grandson of Reese's inventor slams Hershey for altering peanut butter cup recipe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:53 PM (FXNzP)
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There is no deal in place for the Bears to leave. The "deal" with Indiana is just a framework for further negotiations. The Bears are doing what every sports team does when it doesn't get its way with the home city: threaten to leave for another city. And usually, the tactic works.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 01:57 PM (ht3QZ)
Tons of wolves, here, now.
Sadly, they sacrificed the Rocky Mountain Wolves to the imported wolves from Canada.
But they come down into the riverbottom here each winter. Keeps the Coyote population under control.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:57 PM (1Udfd)
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Every morning I lead my cow through the local vineyard. That's right. I herd it through the grapevine.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:58 PM (FXNzP)
Now that CBS is just made up fascist propaganda it makes no sense to stay around since anyone still with them is a fascist.
MAGA already has their preferred right-wing propaganda channel - Foxnews. So who is left to watch CBS? Anyone who wants viewer growth will jump ship.
I'm no legal expert, but them terminating his contract may have nullified disparagement clauses. I hope we hear the truth about the pressure behind the scenes!
Head for the lifeboats. Starve Bari out. CBS is gonna hire Megyn blood from her eyes, and Jesse my mom hates me aren't they?
Netflix could do the craziest thing right now! Start a 24/hr News channel and hire Cooper and Colbert
I always liked him, and I still do! Drunk Anderson Cooper giggling like a school girl is the only person I want to watch on New Year's Eve.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 01:58 PM (Xjl//)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 01:56 PM (Dv3i1)
Nooooo ... unpossible ?!?!?
Posted by: browndog has questions at February 19, 2026 01:58 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
My company made the control boards they used to make the snake wiggle in the first movie.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)
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You need control boards to make your snake wiggle? There's a pill for that, bro!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:58 PM (iFTx/)
I see bear on my mt bike rides just about every other week. 90+% of the time it is Black Bear.
But, every once in a while, it's not...and those are the scary days.
Posted by: garrett
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I ride in Japan and man, are they out of control. I think there were over 20 deaths last year? Not sure but a lot. I smell them occasionally (they smell like skunk, but there are no skunk in Japan) and I ride past their scat on about 4 spots which are always fresh, so I know they are around. Never saw one though.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:59 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (pZEOD)
The problem is that cats go out of their way to talk to us, they rarely talk to each other. Humans just never get their heads around the fact that the cats are talking.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)
Greek Life
Posted by: garrett
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In the east of our Lord 2026, some dumbass frat boys thought that, despite countless examples to the contrary, it was a good idea to run a haze-heavy pledge program. There aren't adjectives to describe that level of stupidity.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (GPjKT)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 01:57 PM (1wjle)
.... and they said ace doesn't read the comments.
Hey boss ***waves***
Posted by: browndog has questions at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Oldcat
So you're the one responsible for that Garden of Eden misunderstanding?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Atlanta Flames at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 19, 2026 01:58 PM (Xjl//)
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After Jon Stewart's Apple show crashed out, you'd think these people would realize that the only reason anyone watches network talking heads is the networks themselves.
And the networks are dying anyway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
This is why I love this site -- the life advice. It is better than church.
The logic Ace covers made me immediately think of this scene, I had to look it up to get the exact quote:
Jake: No I didn't. Honest! I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts! It wasn't my fault! I swear to God!
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (5LjnF)
EXCELLENT!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:01 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
I remember hearing that they had to call out the army to kill bears.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 02:01 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)
They smell exactly like 3 Skunks Gangbanging a pile of 3 week old Garbage.
I was a Bear Guide for a few years...I can smell a bear from way off, if the wind is right.
I have always wanted to go to Japan to ride. There and Scottland have been my top 2 places I want to ride before I die.
N. Zealand is #3.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:02 PM (1Udfd)
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Cats think we are big cats that have opposable thumbs that can feed them.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 01:40 PM (pZ64F)
It is funny to pretend to not understand when the cat is explaining what they want perfectly clearly. They get so frustrated but are too proud to think you are ribbing them.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:02 PM (8avO+)
But, every once in a while, it's not...and those are the scary days.
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Grizzly Bears are terrifying. A 9 mm isn't going to be sufficient to stop that, is it? And no level of shotgun would work either, right?
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 02:02 PM (TN0g+)
They also reported that Red Robin sucks now and is broke. I hadn't been there in awhile, I think 2019, but it was still fine then. Just out of my way and too spendy.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (gKWVE)
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I hope our girls give those sneaky beavers a thorough and enthusiastic pounding that puts them in their place once and for all!!
Posted by: IYKWIMAITTYD at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (Jm1cw)
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Where did he get the kids? The cartel?
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (UjdFS)
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That's not hardly gay at all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (FXNzP)
If he saw vultures overhead, he would run across the yard leaping up and barking.
He did that for helicopters too.
Piper, she's the best roommate I've ever had. And yes, always on duty: her tail inflates and curves over her back like a scorpion, and "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRARARARARARARARAR!!!!", with every syllable accented by a stiff-legged bounce of her front paws off the ground, with head thown back for lift. She barks so hard with her tail so arched, I'm afraid one day she'll turn her butt inside out!
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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Speaks volumes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Oldcat
So you're the one responsible for that Garden of Eden misunderstanding?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (FXNzP)
I just did the effects, Eve is the one who didn't pass the relationship test about the apple.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:04 PM (8avO+)
9mm will just anger a Grizzly. You'd have to get real fuckin' lucky to do anything but annoy a Griz with that.
12 GA with slugs is the proper carry for Griz Country.
44 Mag or bigger if you are carrying a rifle.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:04 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:04 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:59 PM (5LjnF)
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There are a number of bear attack accounts translated from the original Japanese on the internet.
The bears in Japan are brown bears, essentially the equivalent of our grizzlies. There are fewer and fewer hunters in Hokkaido and northern Honshu to keep the ursine population under control. Maybe the Japanese Government should organize hunts for foreign sportsmen?
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 02:05 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:05 PM (ht3QZ)
......
Where did he get the kids? The cartel?
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 02:03 PM (UjdFS)
I looked him up because I figured he had to be 80 or something. But he's just 58. Stayed well away from any details past that.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:05 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:06 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:06 PM (1Udfd)
Not at all a Massie fan.
But neither am I a Bondi fan.
Nor is Shawn Ryan. I posted this earlier. Language warning:
https://tinyurl.com/33pn8s8s
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 02:06 PM (7xyr6)
Dead media Democrats purging themselves is so fun to watch that I don't even have to make popcorn. Once the party is pure they can finally fight fascism and win!
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 02:07 PM (Y8DZL)
I'm pretty sure a 3.5" 12 ga slug would ruin a bear's day.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 02:07 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Bulg
Better question in that area is have you ever run into a wolf?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude
>Would you like to see a wolf pack or grizzly bear? We have them both within a 20 mile radius.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 02:07 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:06 PM (Kc+Vz)
I detect some tight grips on sticks by Team USA...
Canada may just pull this out, and avenge the previous beatdown.
Posted by: browndog has questions at February 19, 2026 02:08 PM (3sXRv)
I don't think that is correct. I may be wrong, but I do not believe they have bear anywhere near the size of grizzlies?
I could be completely wrong, though.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:08 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Family of 26-year-old Canadian says son was euthanized for depression, doctor coached him to "deteriorate his body" to qualify
https://is.gd/hOP3yB
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Helluva bedside manner.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:08 PM (FXNzP)
Wait......Yes. Yes I will. And I'll RE read it....
This is another example of the Best Ace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)
You can't really carry 2 long guns.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:06 PM (1Udfd)
_____
"The Paolo, he carry only one long gun, but that long gun be enough."
-- The Paolo
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Crusader
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In the former case, only with *very* accurate shot placement, which is unlikely.
In the latter case, a 12 ga. slug, well placed, will do the job.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 02:08 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: I get all my mindthoughts from TikTok at February 19, 2026 02:09 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:09 PM (Zz0t1)
How fucking pathetic do you have to be wanting to endure being shirtless and blindfolded and being locked in a basement covered with food?
Anyone here that are so desperate to join anything that is so perverted?
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 02:09 PM (3ek7K)
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My experience is you smell a bear before you see them. We just have black bears here. Fuck if I want to run into a grizzly.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:09 PM (pZ64F)
Depends on the situation.
I have been surrounded by a wolf pack on 2-3 occasions, while archery hunting elk. At 4-5am, on a pitch black morning it is a very scary scene to have 3-4 wolves within 5-10 feet of you, with others circling.
Still, much more predictable than any Grizzly encounter.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:10 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 19, 2026 02:10 PM (Jpq0z)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:10 PM (77rzZ)
This is why I hate having a tailwind in Grizzly Country.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:10 PM (1Udfd)
I don't think that is correct. I may be wrong, but I do not believe they have bear anywhere near the size of grizzlies?
I could be completely wrong, though.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:08 PM (1Udfd)
Neither bear is the same species as North American bears and are smaller to boot.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:11 PM (8avO+)
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Yep. 12 ga. slugs can be your best friend. It has the habit of cutting things in half.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:11 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 19, 2026 02:11 PM (wBaIH)
They dump a lot of kinetic energy into anything you shoot.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:12 PM (1Udfd)
You want to use time on the show you're paid by the network to put on?
Pay the going rate for advertisement, Jake.
You f*cking prick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)
Anyone here that are so desperate to join anything that is so perverted?
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 02:09 PM (3ek7K)
those were games the 'elites' class played when I was in college. Other groups just had beer.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:12 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: CaliGirl
Yikes! I was at DLI when that one lady got killed by a mountain lion. Huge story out there at the time.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)
Mine is currently sitting directly in front of me yelling in my face. He wants scooby snacks. I will go get him some and then take my dog, who never really says anything, to the preserve for a walk it’s pretty outside.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 02:13 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:58 PM (FXNzP)
Ouch!!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 02:13 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: garrett
I've had one near encounter with a griz . He tore up our food cache in our hunting camp about 10 miles up the road from where I live. Told the local fish and feathers guy and he told me I was mistaken. 2 weeks later there were blurry pictures in the Spokesman Review of a griz running across a pasture close by my house. They put out bear traps trying to catch the guy. Fish and feathers guy didn't appreciate being humbled. In my time in Alaska, had Alaskan Browns walk through the back yard while I was standing on the deck. It's amazing how small and frail that makes you feel.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 02:14 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 02:14 PM (CU22W)
A lot of people would shit themselves to know that they have been within 20 feet of a lot of Mountain Lions and they never had a clue.
There's a trail I ride regularly that has a healthy population of cats along the route and I see their kills multiple times each season.
People out hiking it with little kids, all the time.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:14 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: garrett
Love the old Alaska joke about that:
"Be sure to file off the front sight on your 9mm."
"Why?"
"So it wont hurt so much when the bear grabs it and shoves it up your ass."
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 02:15 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:15 PM (ht3QZ)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:15 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:15 PM (pZ64F)
Wait for it
Now the Indiana Bears
Chicago is a shit hole.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 02:14 PM (CU22W)
Best part about that is, they're moving to another shithole!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 02:13 PM (Wmg4n)
My pack o cats have a custom to start hanging about near bedtime for treats without saying much. I then have to wrangle them because one is much more grabby for them than the others.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (8avO+)
I mean the commies want to push someone, but why do conservatives giver her air? Is she really a thing, seems like it's astroturf.
Posted by: Inogame at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (53oGX)
Old Logger Trick. On the day you drop your supplies off, take a small can of Chain Bar Oil with you. Slather it in Bacon Grease and leave it in the center of your camp.
Any bear that walks in will bite through the can, get a mouthful of Oil and not come back.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (pZ64F)
>There is nothing like a Montana grizzly. Those kodiak bears in Alaska are massive but not as mean and aggressive as a slightly smaller MT grizzly.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (gVUi7)
Yikes! I was at DLI when that one lady got killed by a mountain lion. Huge story out there at the time.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:12 PM (77rzZ)
I also went outside last week and it was so dark where I was walking I couldn't see a thing and I heard rustling about 15 feet away and I knew immediately it was a wild pig. I keep walking up on critters and I think I need to make more noise.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (Jpq0z)
I'm unhappy that he has enough money to just retire and live on forever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 02:15 PM (ht3QZ)
The Bears are hoping to have some Indiana football success rub off on them.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: mrp
They are sun bears. (or moon bears I think they call them but not sure if that is distinct species.)
They had a bad couple years for acorns and that was the main problem. When one is spotted, they have hunters go and try to take them out. It is special clubs of shooters but there were just too many and they attacked with no warning.
This is the site I use to keep track
https://fukazawa-lab.github.io/japan-bear-map
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2026 02:16 PM (xcxpd)
When you're the peter puffing offspring of a Vanderbilt fag-hag, it comes with benefits.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: CaliGirl
Pigs can put a hurt on you, too.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (77rzZ)
I wouldn't want to go outside, wow.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (Jpq0z)
Wait for it
Now the Indiana Bears
Chicago is a shit hole.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2
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Chicago will be ok if this actually happens. I'm sure there will be thousands of people visiting the JEF'S library, every day of the week.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (GPjKT)
A few years back there was a car commercial, with fey bell-like music a la Harry Potter theme, and a pack of white wolves following a car at night in snow.
The dog went nuts, and would come running from other rooms if she heard the music.
Not long after that, my husband had CNN on while he was working from home, and Anderson Cooper came on.
The dog sat up and growled at the TV.
She did this more than once, and we couldn't figure it out, until we guessed she thought he was one of the white wolves from the commercial.
Same long pointy face, almond eyes, and white hair.
Posted by: barbarausa at February 19, 2026 01:34 PM (enw9G)
I suggest that you will likely enjoy the sci-fi short story "Dog...? Or Not!" from the "Humanity, Fuck Yeah!" subreddit:
reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/7hl3u3/dog_or_not_part_1/
Posted by: SciVo at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (Sy6m/)
Imagine being that retarded? Damn
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (61TgR)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.
As I argue in a new piece in @ForeignAffairs, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:
Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (FXNzP)
Pigs can put a hurt on you, too.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (77rzZ)
My husband took care of it and it was a 150lb boar and I'm not going outside after dark alone without a flashlight anymore. I was scared and I knew what it was.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (Jpq0z)
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:15 PM (GITLP)
If PETA got hold of them for a second they'd euthanize them like all the other animals they grab.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:20 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 19, 2026 02:20 PM (affD0)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2026 02:20 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (Kc+Vz)
The NFL doesn't give a f*ck. They're too big to fail. Hell, they've been pissing on the backs of their fan base and telling them it's raining for over a decade and the idiots keep filling the stadiums. Chicagoans will drive to Indiana.
Then they'll figure out that alcohol is cheaper in Indiana than it is in Illinois. Not at the stadium, but in town at the store. They won't care about the drive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:20 PM (Zz0t1)
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Do you think SCOAMF's library will beat High Speed Train in construction years?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:20 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 02:20 PM (gIVe3)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.
As I argue in a new piece in @ForeignAffairs, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:
Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (FXNzP)
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He took Crimea while she was SecState because he was terrified of her.
(didn't look up the timeline. don't care. snark)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:21 PM (GBKbO)
The hospital had previously announced in January that it would stop offering the procedures. This prompted the California Attorney General’s Office to sue, arguing that ending these procedures violated state law.
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:21 PM (GITLP)
I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.
As I argue in a new piece in @ForeignAffairs, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:
Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (FXNzP)
Is that why he took you for all that uranium when you were SoS?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:21 PM (Zz0t1)
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This chick was forever known as Private Pyle, rite?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:22 PM (pZ64F)
Grizzlies would laugh at the bear bells we had.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 02:22 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 02:22 PM (gIVe3)
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 02:22 PM (Y8DZL)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.
As I argue in a new piece in @ForeignAffairs, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:
Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:19 PM (FXNzP)
Says the idiot who signed off on giving Russia all the Uranium they could take for a song.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)
People out hiking it with little kids, all the time.
Posted by: garrett
I've had multiple cat encounters. Rumor has it that one of them had a lethal accident. Used to see them every summer close to the house. I have two large guardian dogs now. Feel better about the grandkids wandering around the property now.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 02:23 PM (TtTH3)
Gloria was broke for a time.
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 02:22 PM (Y8DZL)
Vanderbilt broke and real broke are entirely different things.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)
... actually, Putin took Crimea while John Kerry was Sec State, but John was always known as a "weak woman"
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:23 PM (GITLP)
Friend of ours was hunting Spring Black Bear when he got charged by a giant Sow Griz.
He put 4/6 shots from his 44 Mag into her and killed her.
But, not before she tore off his face and scalp and broke just about every bone in his body.
He survived. Had countless surgeries and has to wear a mask to cover 2/3 of his face.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:23 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (Kc+Vz)
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See my comment above. Despite the breathless reporting, there is no deal to move the Bears to Indiana. Barely a framework for further negotiations. People should really read the articles rather than just the clickbait headlines.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)
Ammoland does a regular list of bear encounters and how successful the shooter was in defense, based on caliber.
It is fascinating. There are a few updates and should be easy to find, but you have to look at several lists to get it all. Mostly large caliber and some 22 or other small caliber against some very large bear. They have descriptions. Easy to find with google.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 02:25 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: pudinhead
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For what it's worth, there is a butt-ugly chunk of concrete already poured, so I'll guess the library will be done first.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 02:25 PM (GPjKT)
"I wouldn't be surprised if it happens soon after the film comes out — the sitting president has to step to the microphone and say: humanity is not alone in the universe,” Farah told Rogan. “We have recovered technology of non-human origin. So have other nations. There is a high-stakes, secret cold war race to reverse engineer this technology. We need to win this race.”
“I think Trump might be the only guy that’s willing to do something that crazy,” Rogan replied.
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:25 PM (GITLP)
Implying that she is a "strong woman." Which is why the only way she could cling to power was to continue to ride the coattails of her philandering husband.
Posted by: Halfhand at February 19, 2026 02:25 PM (yeZcQ)
I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.
As I argue in a new piece in @ForeignAffairs, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:
Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.
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Find a good therapist Hill. Just do it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 02:26 PM (XeU6L)
The hospital had previously announced in January that it would stop offering the procedures. This prompted the California Attorney General’s Office to sue, arguing that ending these procedures violated state law.
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:21 PM
I was assured this was a conspiracy or are we on it's a good thing this happens?
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 19, 2026 02:26 PM (Jpq0z)
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 19, 2026 02:26 PM (VABjk)
He survived. Had countless surgeries and has to wear a mask to cover 2/3 of his face.
Posted by: garrett
Yikes!
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2026 02:26 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:22 PM (pZ64F)
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We were not... pleased. The dudes gave up our tent so the girls could be covered. Pre Full Metal Jacket so she would have been Private Pyle had we known about him.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 19, 2026 02:26 PM (affD0)
Only saw one Griz when I was stationed in Alaska. A buddy talked me into going around the donut shops and grocery stores in Anchorage gathering old donuts and bread. We hiked it into the woods in a couple of surplus duffle bags to where he had a couple of tree stands. After dumping them out, he sniffed the air and urgently told me to get up in the stand and stay silent. The Griz spiraled in sniffing around, I'm SURE that he knew we were around, but never looked up.
Eventually he just sat down on that 4 ft pile of pastry and started feasting about 20 ft below us. Crapped all over the pile as well, and just ate that too. When it was all done, he just ambled away, content.
Nasty animal. I wouldn't eat bear unless I had no choice.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 02:27 PM (kTyBw)
WATCH: Jon Ossoff says that President Trump won the election because of a "deeper disease in society."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:27 PM (FXNzP)
Gloria was broke for a time.
Posted by: Auspex
I'm sure there was plenty left for Cooper to blow.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 19, 2026 02:27 PM (Xjl//)
But worse, imagine the dolt that reads that blather and believes they are better informed from it.
That person is probably a university professor somewhere ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 02:27 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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I know, right? I've tried to talk her into it, but she just won't listen.
Posted by: Bill at February 19, 2026 02:27 PM (XeU6L)
From their first update of the website i mention above.
Imagine going against a polar bear with a 22? Yikes.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 02:27 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 02:28 PM (PFs9e)
Last Thursday, The Atlantic published a heart-wrenching story about an 11-month-old child who died of measles. Written in the second person from the perspective of a mother whose two unvaccinated children fell ill with the disease, the story is rich with personal detail;
"You plant her on the couch with a blanket and put Bluey on the TV while she drifts in and out of sleep..."
"While the kids are napping, you tap a list of your daughter’s symptoms into Google and find a slew of diseases that more or less match up..."
"Her cough wracks her whole body, rounding her delicate bird shoulders. She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air."
Turns out, NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. The Atlantic's Elizabeth Bruenig simply made it up, leading to mass confusion.
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:28 PM (GITLP)
I'm sure that will make perfect legal sense to some judge somewhere.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 19, 2026 02:28 PM (Fs0KI)
I have said it here before: a Bear will eat a Jelly Donut over ANYTHING in the world.
They have an uncanny ability to identify the most calorie dense food, available.
Line up anything you want and put a Jelly Donut in there. The Donut goes first. 100% of the time.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:29 PM (1Udfd)
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Bear grease was highly prized by the Indians. Living off the land is a low fat affair.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:29 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 19, 2026 02:29 PM (VABjk)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:29 PM (77rzZ)
The Bears say Hammond, Indiana, is now their main focus for a stadium, though they’ve stopped short of committing to moving across the state line.
Responding to > 267 The NFL will move heaven and earth to keep the Bears in Chicago. Too big a market, too much history
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 02:18 PM (Kc+Vz)
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See my comment above. Despite the breathless reporting, there is no deal to move the Bears to Indiana. Barely a framework for further negotiations. People should really read the articles rather than just the clickbait headlines.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 02:30 PM (CU22W)
Might as well try and fight one off with an Icicle.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:30 PM (1Udfd)
WATCH: Jon Ossoff says that President Trump won the election because of a "deeper disease in society."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 02:27 PM (FXNzP)
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Lord, let the cleanup of Fulton county lead to this shitstain losing his seat.
It would be so fucking funny.
Amen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 02:31 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Clay at February 19, 2026 02:31 PM (KJho9)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:31 PM (1Udfd)
Turns out, NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. The Atlantic's Elizabeth Bruenig simply made it up, leading to mass confusion.
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2026 02:28 PM (GITLP)
Jail her for attempting to incite a riot. Or maybe even an "INNNSSUUURRREEECCCTTIIOOONNNN"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: kingsman at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Halfhand
How many people does she need to kill before you think she’s strong?
Posted by: Kratwurst at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (36bTp)
It was not a monster adult male. It was female or maybe a young male. But it was a grizzly.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
There was a reason why old time mountain men always wanted a bear in the winter cache. The fat in the diet was a necessity. Without it, the protein from elk/deer/rabbit etc., isn't as effectively metabolized.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: I get all my mindthoughts from TikTok at February 19, 2026 02:33 PM (Dv3i1)
Big cats know they can kill you but don't care enough to try very often.
Bears also know they can kill you and dare you to give them a reason. Or not. You are food no more.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (HXT0k)
You can hit a human being in the shoulder with a .22 long and it will tumble through his heart and a kidney.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 02:34 PM (CU22W)
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Andy Beshear distances himself from Gavin Newsom and his tactics:
“If somebody is looking for a Democratic version of Trump, that's not me."
Aw Shucks Andy is going all-in on the Spanberger “Sensible, Moderate Democrat” campaign model.
The radical left turn then comes should his campaign fool enough voters to win.
Just like Spanberger.
https://tinyurl.com/4hswwr64
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 02:35 PM (NpAcC)
Yes. People don't appreciate them. A 22 Mag is a nasty fucking round. Shoot a Pheasant at 50-70 yards with one and you will have a nice pair of wings and some tail feathers. But, nothing else.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:36 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 02:37 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (zHVqL)
Mountbatten-Windsor released under investigation - Thames Valley Police
published at 21:37
21:37
BREAKING
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released under investigation following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, Thames Valley Police said.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:38 PM (+YA9H)
You can hit a human being in the shoulder with a .22 long and it will tumble through his heart and a kidney.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2
My rumored lethal encounter with a big cat involved my Walther P22 with CCI hp. Didn't find him until much later the next day ( nighttime encounter) but he was very much dead. He traveled about 300 yards uphill before he expired.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 02:39 PM (TtTH3)
Andrew seen leaving police station
published at 21:21
21:21
BREAKING
Andrew has been pictured leaving a police station in the back seat of a car.
It's a really scary photo.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:40 PM (+YA9H)
I'm not telling you what you don't already know...but punching through Cat Hide and Bear Hide are two different scenarios.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 02:44 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 02:44 PM (+YA9H)
Springtime for grizzlies? You're on the menu.
We've trained wolves to eat easy pickings, gut piles, so that's the first thing they go for. They gut the elk and generally leave a considerable portion of the carcass to the grizz and birds.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 02:49 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Texican ette at February 19, 2026 03:01 PM (SNf74)
He survived. Had countless surgeries and has to wear a mask to cover 2/3 of his face.
Posted by: garrett
Yikes!
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 02:26 PM (77rzZ)
There's a reason boar hunting involved long spears with a cross bar near the point...they'd run right up a spear and gut you without one. the cross bar made it harder for them to do it
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)
I went home and researched, but no one in Japan says that bears smell like skunk. There are no skunks in Japan so how would they know? I never thought to look in English, (Do all species smell the same?) so I never had confirmation until garret just said so above.
Everytime since though I tense up when I smell them -- you are very sensitive to odor on a bike (or M/C) and it always seems to be when I am going uphill.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (5LjnF)
because that would be gross! I pulled out, of course.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (2gvXb)
Jamaica has a bobsled team.
Posted by: I get all my mindthoughts from TikTok at February 19, 2026 02:33 PM (Dv3i1)
Indiana just got done winning the National Championship a month or so ago.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:17 PM (8avO+)
Everytime since though I tense up when I smell them -- you are very sensitive to odor on a bike (or M/C) and it always seems to be when I am going uphill.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 03:16 PM (5LjnF)
Musk is a more general term for the very strong unpleasant marking odors a lot of animals have.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 03:18 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat
thanks. Yeah, musk.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 03:22 PM (5LjnF)
Extraterrestrials....
*makes wanking motion with fist*
Let 'em try to invade
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9iVrpc4YFwk
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 03:25 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: AgathaPagatha at February 19, 2026 04:17 PM (Dwn2O)
Posted by: Al in St. Louis at February 19, 2026 05:42 PM (pKne7)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested, Has Home Searched; Suspected of, Get This, Passing Sensitive Insider Trade Information to International Financier and Child Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
This is the former Prince Andrew. Today is also his 66th birthday, coincidentally.
NBC "News:"Police today arrested the former Prince Andrew after weeks of revelations over the former prince's friendship and dealings with convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The Thames Valley Police said it arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of misconduct in public office, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in the United Kingdom.And he's not Muslim (yet) so he might actually go to prison.
And what is the "misconduct in public office" Mountbatten-Windsor is accused of?
The force, which covers an area in southern England where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as he is now known, did not name him, as is standard practice under British law. Asked whether Mountbatten-Windsor had been arrested, the police responded with a statement: "We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time," Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said. "Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office."
Insider Paper
@TheInsiderPaper Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles, shared official British trade documents with Jeffrey Epstein in 2010, leaking information to the late sex offender from his role as a government envoy, emails appear to show -- Reuters
Gay rent-boy squabbler Queer Starmer said that no one is above the law:
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today that "nobody is above the law" when asked about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, speaking ahead of the royal's arrest this morning. Starmer told British public broadcaster the BBC the principle was "very important" and "has to apply in this case in the same way it would in any other case."Sad cuck Charles said he approved of the arrest of his brother:
In a statement released by Buckingham Palace this morning but signed "Charles R," the monarch pledged his full support for the police probe.I think the R stands for "Rex." Snobby bastard.
The statement reads: "I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities." "In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation. Let me state clearly: the law must take its course. As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter. Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all."
Butch low-IQ narcissist Marjorie Taylor-Greene took the opportunity to bash Trump:
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green criticized President Donald Trump and U.S. authorities in the wake of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest. "The UK has arrested Andrew because of the Epstein files and over here the President signed an EO protecting cancer causing Glyphosate in our foods and we have zero Epstein related arrest and investigations since release of the files," she said in a post on X. "And we are on the verge of going to war against Iran." "That's the current state of MAGA and MAHA," she added.Typical "libertarian" flake and attention-whore grandstander Thomas Massie is flapping his cocksucker, too:
1. For months, your bullshit document review diverted too many good federal prosecutors and agents from real work—like those cases below.
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) February 19, 2026
2. Your (fellow) Democrat buddy @RoKhanna and you unapologetically smeared 4 good men.
3. On what basis do you think anything you did led to… https://t.co/NZ2offNNN6
“I would not be surprised to see King Charles have to abdicate over this.”
— hpowders (@hpowders24805) February 19, 2026
Hilary Fordwich, British Royals Commentator, speaking of the Prince Andrew arrest. pic.twitter.com/om4vRr6OGL
GrokMore: Andrew's bodyguards are now under investigation for "turning a blind eye" to any sexual improprieties Andrew might have committed with Epstein. I gotta say, bodyguards are trained to completely ignore stuff like this. If they don't, their client will escape them and he won't be protected. Bill Clinton's Secret Service detail had to put up with all of his deviancies and Hillary Clinton assaulting him over them.
@grok Yes, in 2015, Donald Trump referred to Jeffrey Epstein's island as a "cesspool" and suggested asking Prince Andrew about it, highlighting Andrew's connection amid Epstein abuse allegations. This was during comments on Bill Clinton's ties to Epstein.
More: Sarah Ferguson's longtime lover says that Andrew was "f***ing underaged girls." I guess this was a hidden camera sting video from James O'Keefe.
Prince Andrew was arrested in the UK over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 19, 2026
James O’Keefe got undercover footage of the Royal Family Advisor exposing Prince Andrew’s sexual relations with UNDERAGE CHILDREN and deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein
'Prince Andrew Was F*cking Underage Girls'… pic.twitter.com/nc16j8dyl8
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (zjgNU)
By that, I mean that they are throwing him under the bus.
I certainly believe he did this and MUCH more that they are ignoring to pretend this is the issue.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 12:11 PM (kgE5c)
Of course they also told me until this year there was no Epstein list, no Epstein clients, and LEAVE BILL CLINTON ALONE!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (J0Fdh)
One down, many more to go.
Posted by: Down With The King at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (Ljddq)
Perhaps. But I would bet on intentionally. Prosecutors love to intimidate those they are going after.
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (J0Fdh)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (tceez)
Posted by: brak at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (jGJov)
-Massie, celebrating the arrest of one guy accused of having sex with an of age woman, but his arrest is for espionage-related crimes
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (dK+Kv)
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So to speak.
Posted by: Oliver Cromwell at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (vqA1l)
Here in NoVa it's 40, which counts as warm to me. Also, it will rain the rest of the day. The snow from the snowmageddon of 3 weeks ago is finally disappearing. Spring is nigh, so be of good cheer.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: JB1000 at February 19, 2026 12:15 PM (kL/ln)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:15 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 12:15 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 12:15 PM (RjOoY)
define "war"
Posted by: The Tower Princes at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (J0Fdh)
The good old Saxe Coburg family, guardians of English sovereignty.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Bulg
Does being beheaded count?
Posted by: Headless King Charles at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (aapWt)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM
Soon.
Posted by: Ali Bubba at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (kgE5c)
I certainly believe he did this and MUCH more that they are ignoring to pretend this is the issue.
There is speculation that he's been charged at the behest of Keir Starmer, who wants desperately to discredit the Old Guard so he can build his new utopia. I rate this as plausible.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)
-Massie, celebrating the arrest of one guy accused of having sex with an of age woman, but his arrest is for espionage-related crimes
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO
Massie should be careful.. There's a lot of "rumors" regarding the "Unexpected' death of his wife and quick re- marriage
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (pVNyz)
Why would Charles have to abdicate over this? It happened during his mother's reign. He's been nothing but varying degrees of hostile towards Andrew since he became king.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (qwx/I)
Massie should be careful.. There's a lot of "rumors" regarding the "Unexpected' death of his wife and quick re- marriage
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (pVNyz)
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Massie is going to be a CNN contributor in less than a year.
He can say whatever the fuck he wants.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (SXxzC)
Told ya. The real Epstein story is about money.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (z5QST)
Of course, if Andrew is on the front page, as he will be, then Keir will also get a little relief from all the unwanted attention he's receiving. You know, for the incompetence and hatred of all things British.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
And I'm pretty sure the English monarch throwing a sibling in prison is hardly a historical first
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (RjOoY)
Why would Charles have to abdicate over this? It happened during his mother's reign. He's been nothing but varying degrees of hostile towards Andrew since he became king.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (ExV1e)
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And the monarchy doesn't fucking matter since Parliament is supreme.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
Are we sure CNN is going to exist in a year?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (uQzkA)
His nickname in the press was "Randy Andy," for goodness sake! It's not that we didn't know, it's the surprise he might actually get tried for it.
Would be hilarious if they found his-and-hers matching Muslim prayer rugs for him and Charles in the search.
One of my fave parts of "The Crown" TV show was seeing how they depicted Andrew as Elizabeth's golden child, and it chafed Charles to no end. One episode, it is her birthday, and Charles got her this really thoughtful, mature gift. Then Andrew got her a Billy Mouth Bass, and everyone goes gaga at the novelty of it. Charles' reaction was priceless! All the actors portraying Charles on that show did a good job.
Charles has wanted this gig for SO LONG. I don't see him abdicating, ever. But I'd love Wills to take over, and finally chuck Harry and his titles to the curb.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM
It's been "unseasonably warm" here in Iowa for the last few weeks, until yesterday when the wind hit. We might get above freezing today. No real snow in the forecast, just flurries.
Posted by: pookysgirl, bundled-up weathergirl at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (Wt5PA)
The good old Saxe Coburg family, guardians of English sovereignty.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
Edward VIII was a big Nazi sympathizer, too.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (77rzZ)
LOL. This was before Diana's Canonization.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tyrannosaurus R. at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (FG+57)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (Kt19C)
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And I'm pretty sure the English monarch throwing a sibling in prison is hardly a historical first
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (g6TN6)
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As the head of state, Charles is effectively powerless. He technically has power, but he chooses to never use it.
So, England has both the legislature and the executive in one branch of government, making it an illegitimate government in need of toppling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (aapWt)
Still angling for that View gig, when the preggo lady currently serving as the show's fake republican goes on maternity leave?
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (gWBY1)
Are we sure CNN is going to exist in a year?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (2ocoG)
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How many of us thought it would survive to 2026 after CNN+ died in less than a month?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
And that. Charles is a dancing monkey.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 12:20 PM (z5QST)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
And that. Charles is a dancing monkey.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (ExV1e)
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So was his mother.
The monarchy, especially in England, should be scorned not celebrated as a matter of principle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (8zz6B)
Andrew was arrested for a very specific, and well-established, financial crime: insider trading. Being a scumbag sex pest isn't a crime. But passing inside information to unfairly trade on is (at least when you're not a member of Congress).
These bullshit, hyperbolic and blatantly misleading headlines only help the Democunt narrative against Trump.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
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who knows what the R stands for
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (ZxPkt)
All of them?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)
TJM, wouldn't that be the ultimate 250th birthday present for the United states? We turn around and conquer England? Ho ho it is so funny, haha it is to laugh
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
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"I got the pedo!"
-Thomas Massie, the true Conservative
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO)
These bullshit, hyperbolic and blatantly misleading headlines only help the Democunt narrative against Trump.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
Which of course is the objective
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (aapWt)
Democrats are even more batshit nuts? AND evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y)
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who knows what the R stands for
I'm going with Retard.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)
Isn't today the day they shred all the evidence of the grooming gangs stuff, so no one is held accountable for all those poor girls? It was sometime this week. Horrific cover up of a monstrous scandal.
I hope the new UK party can get traction. Something needs to change soon or UK is toast.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (gWBY1)
TJM, wouldn't that be the ultimate 250th birthday present for the United states? We turn around and conquer England? Ho ho it is so funny, haha it is to laugh
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (g6TN6)
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Air drop artillery and small arms into the rural parts of England with instructions on how to get to London.
Let them fight it out themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
Which of course is the objective
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (pVNyz)
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Yes. And too many people (supposedly) on our side don't seem to get it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (iFTx/)
I think the R stands for "Rex." Snobby bastard.
I think that in the UK, one cannot use the word retard, so they just say "the R word".
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (aapWt)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 12:23 PM (5LjnF)
I certainly believe he did this and MUCH more that they are ignoring to pretend this is the issue.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (zjgNU)
It is a "limited hang-out to dry"
Remember boys and girls, when you do favors for the IC, they will forget your name and bury you deep when it comes down to you or them.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 12:20 PM (z5QST)
How dare you, sirruh! The issue here is that Andrew is alleged to have shared that insider information with an outsider. One who may, or may not, have procured minors for a bit of slap and tickle for the rich and powerful.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:23 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:23 PM (pVNyz)
Told ya. The real Epstein story is about money.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (viF8m)
The poon was just a perq to help Epstein peddle access.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM
Maybe we'll find out on International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Posted by: Tyrannosaurus R. at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (FG+57)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM
Now that Paramount is back in the WBD conversation there's a possibility that they end up having to make a choice: lose a lot of money to promote gay race communism with Kurtzman, or lose a lot of money to promote gay race communism with CNN.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (2ocoG)
If the English Countryside can't defend themselves against the local councils flooding them with browns, air dropping weaponry will only serve to arm the aforesaid violent browns.
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (g6TN6)
July? 47° and rain in van nuys.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (Kt19C)
48 this morning here at the beach in OC. Yesterday afternoon I was up in Hesperia area around 4 PM - it as 41. The north facing side of the mountains was covered in snow.
Not the coldest we've been but definitely a change from an unseasonably warm December and January.
Stunning (?) news from across the pond - I guess every family has a few bad eggs.
Note - it's like playing poker - if you can't identify who the patsy (or bad egg) is - it's you!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (QGaXH)
LizLem, back in the '70s, he was, um, 'seeing' an actress called Koo Stark. The press found some nude pictures of her and published them with the headline: 'Koo Starkers!'.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (NcvvS)
They allude to that on the Rest is History but I never heard the full story.
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (ESVrU)
It's like the 70s, waiting for disco to go away.
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (ZxPkt)
In his case, Rex.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (ExV1e)
Air drop artillery and small arms into the rural parts of England with instructions on how to get to London.
Let them fight it out themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (GBKbO)
Everyone in the country has guns. Farmers.... Farmer's mums....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Ian S.
Anyone signing on with them should avoid the deferred compensation option.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (aapWt)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (ZxPkt)
Everyone in the country has guns. Farmers.... Farmer's mums....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (kTyBw)
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Did you say something cool?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Sofa King at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (oftw2)
He had such a Hapsburg jaw he had trouble chewing.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (rbvCR)
Told ya. The real Epstein story is about money.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (viF8m)
The poon was just a perq to help Epstein peddle access.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (8zz6B)
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Yes. Same as it ever was.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)
How many US Presidents have served in the Armed Forces?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 12:26 PM (FXNzP)
It's not out of the realm of possibility, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 12:26 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: imp at February 19, 2026 12:26 PM (g6TN6)
How many US Presidents have served in the Armed Forces?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (QGaXH)
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Which president commanded an artillery battery while president?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2026 12:26 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM
Some of our best dupes.
Posted by: Big Penguin at February 19, 2026 12:26 PM (FG+57)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)
how's that 'special relationship' going ?
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (S+j2h)
Posted by: Don Black
Does that include Diego Garcia?
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (77rzZ)
I know they aren't documentaries and sometimes are loose with what really went down, but "Victoria" and "The Crown" do a good job showing what those two queens were up against, between shady family, crazy world events beyond their control, and trying to run a country on fire. I had fun looking up the events covered in some of the episodes afterwards, and seeing what the real facts were.
The Saxe Coburgs were something else! There was a nasty rumor that Albert might have been a bastard of his uncle. Wild stuff.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:24 PM (8zz6B)
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And would help to blackmail any who might have a change of heart.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (3ImbR)
I agree that's a big part of it. I think any attempt to reduce Epstein to one dimension will miss a big part of the picture. What I'm getting is Epstein had a remarkable talent for ingratiating himself to powerful people. They were asking his advice on all sorts of things. He appears to have been a multi-talented guy that powerful people believed they could trust with their kinks, could give good advice, could fix problems, could provide sex, etc.
Some people will argue he tempted them with pedo sex, then used blackmail material to get everything he wanted. I'm not getting that from the emails. Example: Bill Gates asking for advice on how to dose Melinda with antibiotics. Gates apparently thought of Epstein as a good advisor who could be trusted with information that could damage his reputation.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (5FL4d)
How many US Presidents have served in the Armed Forces?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (QGaXH)
I'd guess at least 30.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (6ydKt)
He had such a Hapsburg jaw he had trouble chewing.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (rbvCR)
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That ain't the half of it.
Posted by: zombie Carlos II at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (i1VVh)
I thought we had a base on Diego Garcia ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Tar Bae at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (TFFbl)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
He waited decades for the throne, he will not leave it alive.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM (aapWt)
Democrats are even more batshit nuts? AND evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y)
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I don't recall her being this outwardly insane before. She had a pretty strong following, even on this site. Then something ... changed. Quickly. She got TDS almost overnight. There's speculation she was very ambitious and Trump spurned her somehow. "Hell hath no fury," and all ....
Massie was always a prick, IIRC.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (vbXSk)
I'm talking about Pakistani and other Musselman white girl rape gangs.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (5rh/l)
How many of us thought it would survive to 2026 after CNN+ died in less than a month?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:19 PM
Idiots at CNN should have formed CNN 8: The Huit.
Kinda like The Ocho, but in French, and therefore, lame.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (kTyBw)
Which president commanded an artillery battery while president?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
Dolley's husband.
Circa 1812 I'm assuming.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (ZxPkt)
The US should announce immediate plans to shut down all bases in the UK, end military cooperation with the UK, and exit NATO.
They should do all that anyway but this would give them an excuse.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (uQzkA)
how's that 'special relationship' going ?
Posted by: Don Black
Now you see why he wants to give away Chagos.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (aapWt)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (S+j2h)
how's that 'special relationship' going ?
We can get back in his good graces by shipping him about half a dozen twinks.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Sid at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (qdmJK)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (NcvvS)
Elizabeth II hung around as long as she could just to spite him.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (6ydKt)
Of course, you would know that, TJM.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (NcvvS)
Anyway, if I were trying to muzlimize a country and didn't want to be thwarted, I would legitimize the crown ☑ and create a constitution ☑ and then outlaw free speech ☑ and take away the guns ☑ and then import a bunch of muzzies.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (mCDO3)
NEVER EVER click "read more". Click "Comments".
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (2ocoG)
I'm talking about Pakistani and other Musselman white girl rape gangs.
Posted by: Gref
Never. They gave orders last week to destroy all of the records.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (aapWt)
UK blocks US from using British bases for strikes on Iran.
Posted by: Don Black
Do it anyway just to see what they will do.
Yanks, go home. We wont let you provide our defense anymore.
Posted by: Operator Error at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (r08dW)
I have heard that reported numerous times over the past 10 years...
also, Morning Horde. And Ace.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (tceez)
Nice one!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaXH)
She really didn't want his feckless ass on the throne.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (NcvvS)
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* The Arkancide State Troopers and Secret Service "ham & eggers" who facilitated Bubba Clintons affairs and rapes ... but mostly rapes -- have entered the post *
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (5FL4d)
Between the UK cockblocking us from Iran, and Canada floozying it up with China, lots of US special relationship drama lately.
But we traded up bigly, with Japan now being our main squeeze! That new trade deal with them is massive.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (mCDO3)
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How are documents redacted?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
The US should announce immediate plans to shut down all bases in the UK, end military cooperation with the UK, and exit NATO.
They should do all that anyway but this would give them an excuse.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic a
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AND claim the chagos as US overseas territory.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (5LjnF)
Wait until the real story about funding the Contras in Nicaragua comes out.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (viF8m)
Sounds like someone is in need of some additional Tariffs.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Noble9 at February 19, 2026 12:33 PM (yISdk)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (tceez)
Nice one!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaXH)
hahahah
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 19, 2026 12:33 PM (S+j2h)
Mike Benz has that mostly covered. He joined Bear Stearns while dating the boss's daughter. Through second-hand nepotism he was given the BCCI account. BCCI was the central hub for, among other things, CIA money laundering.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Sid at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (qdmJK)
You're a little behind. We ditched the pedo "President" last year.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at February 19, 2026 12:33 PM (vqA1l)
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2h
BREAKING:
UK blocks US from using British bases for strikes on Iran.
They're obviously doing this to remind us that we still need them.
"Hey, we still matter!".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 12:34 PM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (S+j2h)
1. Use a browser with an ad blocker - please consider hitting the tip jar regularly if you do.
2. Select "Comments" to get to the comments rather than "Continue Reading".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:34 PM (ExV1e)
Money laundering on a massive, intelligence-agency scale. Insider trading will be the least of it.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 12:34 PM (UBWwW)
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:35 PM (5FL4d)
I agree that's a big part of it. I think any attempt to reduce Epstein to one dimension will miss a big part of the picture. What I'm getting is Epstein had a remarkable talent for ingratiating himself to powerful people. They were asking his advice on all sorts of things. He appears to have been a multi-talented guy that powerful people believed they could trust with their kinks, could give good advice, could fix problems, could provide sex, etc.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (Yp6az)
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Yea, that plus the ultra-rich is a weird club where everyone acts like stupid frat boys and sucks each other's dicks. Despite their wealth and power, it's a very insulated clique of shockingly mediocre pissants.
The emails show a group of barely literate overgrown adolescents bragging about dick size, their sex lives, partying, groveling for gifts and access, and clearly not caring what embarrasing shit they put in emails and texts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)
"He" meaning Epstein, of course. I realized after hitting "post" that I should've been more clear there.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:35 PM (2ocoG)
Now do the goatfuckers.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 12:35 PM (SD6jB)
Is there a paper trail for this? It's getting kind of witch-hunty to my eyes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 19, 2026 12:35 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (tceez)
Nice one!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaXH)
hahahah
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 19, 2026 12:33 PM (S+j2h)
Thanks. Unfortunately, I am not eligible for a Comment of the Week.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (tceez)
Why use Mountbatten now hmmm ???
Posted by: browndog has questions at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (3sXRv)
So you're saying that she spitefully refused to die?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (77rzZ)
Sounds like a MoMe.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
Money, Weapons, CIA...that's where the real story is.
It's not Pizza and Jerky.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (1Udfd)
Exactly. Always follow the money.
Posted by: Ian S.
The girls were used liked salted pretzels at a bar.
Posted by: Operator Error at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (r08dW)
Chagosians - they live in UK, have for generations, have no real claim since they were imported slaves anyway (pay them off)
UK - they already said it isn't theirs
USA -- we have defended it, built it up, and controlled it since the war.
It is ours. Prove me wrong.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Noble9 at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (yISdk)
UK blocks US from using British bases for strikes on Iran.
Posted by: Don Black
Fine. When the Iranians so much as scratch the paint on a US ship or aircraft Trump should request military help per NATO Article 5.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (5rh/l)
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Harry Ass commanded artillery in WWI.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (ZxPkt)
The British move into the Middle East was triggered by the Royal Navy needing bunker fuel to upgrade their fleet from coal prior to WWI. The Anglo-Iranian oil company was created to exploit the only oil fields in their reach, and a lot of the maneuvering since then has been keeping their interests open.
Of course this is interesting move from London, since they haven't been this openly obstructionist in the past. Probably time to review our "special relationship" since it seems to be turning into an open relationship.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)
I thought we had a base on Diego Garcia ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (pVNyz)
We lease the island from the UK. If memory serves, it was part of the WWII lend-lease agreements, when the Limeys needed destroyers for convoy duty, but were flat broke. The only thing they had to sell/trade was colonial possessions.
Not that it matters what that Limey butt-boy says. Limeystan doesn't get a vote on how we conduct our military affairs.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (kTyBw)
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Regina
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:35 PM (5FL4d)
You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/mt7QVPvH1iM
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (tceez)
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (Yp6az)
So you're saying that she spitefully refused to die?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)
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She stuck around to personally make sure that her country was turned as Muslim as fast as possible because she felt bad about her grandparents' colonialism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (GBKbO)
Our Former Allies.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (n1OCj)
It was meh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (i1VVh)
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It's almost as if their GloboHomo Deep State "leaders" love Islamist Terrorists and hate Western Civilization. Almost ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (5FL4d)
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (viF8m)
I don't think this shows that. This seems more like Capone to me. Andrew is persona non grata, but the state cannot prove he's guilty of what everyone thinks he is guilty of, so he's being charged with this instead. The point is to put Andrew in particular in jail in whatever way works because he is the target, not Epstein associates more generally. I doubt we'll see other insider trading or other financial misdeed prosecutions relating to Epstein because no one cares, and the ruling classes all approve of insider trading.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 12:38 PM (z5QST)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 19, 2026 12:38 PM (+mUZM)
Oh, no! We'll be doing as we wish without Queer Starmer's permission!
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 12:38 PM (UBWwW)
Based on what Hillary looked like in her recent BBC interview, Trump cut off her supply of adrenochrome.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)
I wouldn't read to much into the headlines inferring that this was about typical insider trading information for personal gain. More like massive national trade movements that affect everything downstream.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 12:38 PM (viF8m)
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Nice.
Except for the fact our "air bridge" to Iran requires a crap load of aerial tankers to get the smaller jets into position. Tankers that need to be based in the UK, Spain, Greece...
We're only using NATO for their airbases and runways and a place to refuel. The UK / NATO is nothing more than a gas stop at the fast-mart for us to take a shit and get gas.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 12:39 PM (jtM2q)
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her twitter handle is
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
@FmrRepMTG
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:39 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 19, 2026 12:39 PM (ht3QZ)
That one will splash all over Keir if it happens, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (5rh/l)
The Iranians declared war on the US over 40 years ago. The fact that we've never bothered to end it doesn't change that fact.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (mCDO3)
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How are documents redacted?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
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As someone who has done document redacting myself, and also supervised it, I can say for sure it's a very resource-intensive and time-consuming task. Every page must be read in some detail, and redactions made according to a (usually) complicated matrix.
And there are supposedly millions of pages of Epstein materials.
Now, modern AI and automated searching will certainly make the job easier, but it's still gonna be very time consuming.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (vbXSk)
We put the sleds away after a winter of no or little snow and unseasonably warm weather. It has snowed two days since.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (dK+Kv)
We're only using NATO for their airbases and runways and a place to refuel. The UK / NATO is nothing more than a gas stop at the fast-mart for us to take a shit and get gas.
Yup. "Screw them" feels good but isn't a serious position.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
It was meh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (i1VVh)
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Mostly because the latter played "Pick Up The Pissants ..."
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:41 PM (5FL4d)
And there are supposedly millions of pages of Epstein materials.
Now, modern AI and automated searching will certainly make the job easier, but it's still gonna be very time consuming.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
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But surely, practiced lawyer Elric, that only requires the work of like one guy, right?
It would be real easy to do real fast in compliance with law while antagonists are watching your every move?
It would certainly take less than hundreds of practices, intelligent lawyers, right? No more than like 5, right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)
*warms up the Edward II goodies*
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 12:42 PM (cGjQu)
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It's almost as if their GloboHomo Deep State "leaders" love Islamist Terrorists and hate Western Civilization. Almost ...
Posted by: ShainS
Fuck 'em. Refuse to speak any language other than German to the UK.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 12:42 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Alexandria Occasional Cortex at February 19, 2026 12:42 PM (oftw2)
I'm talking about Pakistani and other Musselman white girl rape gangs.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (5rh/l)
They also engaged in human trafficking, forced child prostitution, massive tax fraud and money laundering, with lots of money going to Osama bin Laden while the US and (ostensibly) the UK hunting for him in Pakistan.
Money laundering on that level is done through the banks, so the City of London and the UK are state sponsors of terrorism.
But, yeah. Andrew.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 19, 2026 12:42 PM (CwhoI)
UK blocks US from using British bases for strikes on Iran.
Posted by: Don Black
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Fine. 50% tariff on whatever the hell we import from the UK.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 12:42 PM (2UnvF)
What everyone (or at least Thomas Massie) thinks he's guilty of is either overblown or false. Sex sells, but money is what the elites run on. Mike Benz is calling on Congress to pass a copy/paste of the act that made the CIA declassify JFK to declassify Epstein. The files we have right now are strictly FBI, but the action was always at CIA.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (uQzkA)
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The reverse of Hunter Biden's path.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (5FL4d)
So you're saying that she spitefully refused to die?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)
I'm saying she kept on going as long as possible hoping Charles would beat her to the finish line so she'd be succeeded by William.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (6ydKt)
And there are supposedly millions of pages of Epstein materials.
Now, modern AI and automated searching will certainly make the job easier, but it's still gonna be very time consuming.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
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But surely, practiced lawyer Elric, that only requires the work of like one guy, right?
It would be real easy to do real fast in compliance with law while antagonists are watching your every move?
It would certainly take less than hundreds of practices, intelligent lawyers, right? No more than like 5, right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Not hard when you are using a paint roller.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (gm9Sb)
Yeah, that's funny.
BTW, where's their nuke inventory?
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (cGjQu)
Everyone KNOWS that Andrew is a pedo but, dammit, there's just no proof.
Sigh, back in the good old days we just burned people at the stake based on the accusations from some teen girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (ExV1e)
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I think people in her district saw her as a fighter. They were tired of go-along, get-along Republicans. They wanted a firebrand. And for a while they got one. The crazy train can be fun as long as it stays on the rails.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
I always enjoyed making redactions in Adobe. It was fun.
And, yeah, I'm weird.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (cS1cw)
It's not a difficult question.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (5rh/l)
How many US Presidents have served in the Armed Forces?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (QGaXH)
I see I forgot to include the choices which were:
28
31
34
37
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (QGaXH)
Oh that reminds me...if you need a new show, Free Bert is HILARIOUS.
Comedian Bert Kreischer has a fictionalized version of his family and himself, navigating the wackiness of his kids attending an elite Beverly Hills school. I can't tell what bits are real experiences he had vs made up. But he paints the LA elites as whackadoodles, it's really good sendup.
One of the subplots shows how corrupt everyone is. One parent at the school is a gynecologist, and he passes around vag pics of his hot clients to a group of alpha male parents. (Yes, this is a comedy I swear.)
Really hope it gets a season 2! Bert doesn't seem overtly political, he just calls it like he sees it. And he sees a lot of stupid in LA.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (gWBY1)
Sigh, back in the good old days we just burned people at the stake based on the accusations from some teen girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (ExV1e)
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A teen girl who was of legal age at the time and probably helped Epstein get in contact with other girls who became just like her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (uQzkA)
It was the wonderful story of the young associate who was dating the bank's CEO's daughter and got the accounts with the CIA's main illegal arms dealer, Adnan Kashoggi, and the CIA's main covert bank, BCCI, and then moved on to other banks to do the same thing.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR)
What a counterintuitive twist in the climate story.
The Sahara Desert of all places has shrunk by about 8% since the 1980s thanks to rising CO₂ levels fueling a remarkable global green renaissance.
Data from NASA’s AVHRR and MODIS instruments show that 25% to 50% of Earth's vegetated lands have become significantly greener, an area equivalent to roughly twice the continental United States.
CO₂ fertilization drove around 70% of this boom, making plants more efficient with water by reducing the time stomata (leaf pores) stay open, which in turn cuts water loss and boosts drought resistance.
This has allowed vegetation to reclaim arid edges in places like the Sahel (the Sahara's southern fringe), the Middle East and Australia's outback. The Sahara alone had lost around 8% of its desert, equivalent to over 700,000 km² of added green cover and pushing back the barren sand wastes in formerly inhospitable zones.
https://is.gd/CgLvbj
Of course, this doesn't prove anything about AGW. All it proves is that higher CO2 levels are good for plants, which we already knew.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
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A book many years ago purported to expose the true evil of the Nazis by revealing secretly recorded discussion between German POWs about their experiences. And you knew it was true because bored, young males have never exaggerated their exploits while bullshitting with other bored, young males even once in the history of the world.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 12:45 PM (FXNzP)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today that "nobody is above the law"
Now do the goatfuckers.
Posted by: rickb223
They ARE the law.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 12:45 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (0bjKf)
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It always goes off.
Posted by: Meat Loaf at February 19, 2026 12:45 PM (i1VVh)
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (tOcjL)
It was meh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (i1VVh)
Sounds whelming
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (tceez)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (viF8m)
How many US Presidents have served in the Armed Forces?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (QGaXH)
I see I forgot to include the choices which were:
28
31
34
37
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (QGaXH)
Not to keep everyone in suspense - the correct answer according to Varney is '31'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (QGaXH)
What 'Official Position' did he hold then, that even makes this law applicable?
This kinda sounds like the Trump New Yawk Tax case... where they will throw any legal crap at someone.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (gm9Sb)
And so is everyone who is still "demanding justice" for the $1000 an hour whores who worked Epstein Island.
They weren't "girls," they were legally, locally adults.
And they weren't "victims" until the $10,000 for "dinners and dates" with wealthy men dried up.
But hey, keep going:
You're now on the side of Chuck Schumer--who wants to abolish the statute of limitations--so anyone anywhere can claim at any time without any evidence that they were a "victim."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (HXT0k)
No matter who is it isn't arrested or thrown out of office by Epstein allegations it won't end until 1/20/2029 when Vance becomes president. Until then the screeching leftists will never believe there isn't info being covered up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (Kc+Vz)
We're been so focused on the sex (and the thought of catching a political opponent with a 12 year-old) that maybe we missed the obvious.
Posted by: Wally at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (0e5Te)
It's not a difficult question.
Posted by: Gref
Lincoln, at Fort Stevens, 1864.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (77rzZ)
In fact, that is what worries us the most, so we are hoping a high-profile sacrifice like this will keep the focus from the rest of us.
Posted by: PM Keir Starmer at February 19, 2026 12:47 PM (UBWwW)
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM
His "Machine" sketch from a few years back is still funny. Not so funny that I'll pay to see the movie they made it into, but funny.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 12:47 PM (Wnv9h)
How many US Presidents have served in the Armed Forces?
I see I forgot to include the choices which were:
28
31
34
37
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (QGaXH)
31?
Posted by: Joemarine at February 19, 2026 12:47 PM (y171U)
It was meh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (i1VVh)
Sounds whelming
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (tceez)
Whats the Over / Under on that one?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2026 12:47 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 12:47 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 12:48 PM (TtTH3)
The UK produces a lot of components for Military Tech.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:48 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: bonhomme at February 19, 2026 12:37 PM (Yp6az)
Oh that reminds me...Pope turned down being on the Board of Peace. During Lent.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:48 PM (gWBY1)
You're now on the side of Chuck Schumer--who wants to abolish the statute of limitations--so anyone anywhere can claim at any time without any evidence that they were a "victim."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM
It worked for us!
Posted by: New York at February 19, 2026 12:48 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 19, 2026 12:30 PM (S+j2h)
1. Use a browser with an ad blocker - please consider hitting the tip jar regularly if you do.
2. Select "Comments" to get to the comments rather than "Continue Reading".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:34 PM (ExV1e)
Thank You
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (S+j2h)
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The reverse of Hunter Biden's path.
The Law of Global Conservation of Nepo Artists.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (Fs0KI)
Not to keep everyone in suspense - the correct answer according to Varney is '31'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (QGaXH)
I guessed 31, and I swear i did not see your answer before i posted...yay!
Posted by: Joemarine at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (y171U)
Joseph R. Biden, the Battle of the Chinese Balloons.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (UBWwW)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (z5QST)
Oh that reminds me...Pope turned down being on the Board of Peace. During Lent.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:48 PM (gWBY1)
Pope wants a palestinian State
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (2WIwB)
We're been so focused on the sex (and the thought of catching a political opponent with a 12 year-old) that maybe we missed the obvious.
Posted by: Wally at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (0e5Te)
That was a compromat operation. Why else have cameras everywhere? It's gotta be an intel op. If not, why didn't our Alphabet heroes save us from having our Elites compromised?
And, yeah, I'm sick of hearing me say it, too.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (pZ64F)
Sigh, back in the good old days we just burned people at the stake based on the accusations from some teen girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (ExV1e)
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A teen girl who was of legal age at the time and probably helped Epstein get in contact with other girls who became just like her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (GBKbO)
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The youngest girl they have identified -- and I'm skeptical even of that -- was 17 at the time. Yes, that is weird and creepy, but that's not a crime in most jurisdictions. As I said above, being a scumbag sex pest isn't a crime.
FL is a bit of an outlier, because it's age of consent is 18. Of course, that is rarely enforced or half the FL tourist and party scene would be shut down.
Beware hysterical headlines and articles that scream "underage" and "girls" and "children" without specifically mentioning the ages in question. They are trying to hide something.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (8zz6B)
So by inference do we wish you Happy Birthday AOP and many more......??
Hope to meet you someday.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (y171U)
Rolls Royce engines. That's about it.
Of course, this doesn't prove anything about AGW.
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"AGW"? Al Gore's Weirdness?
Anthropogenic Global Warming
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)
Yes, the US could "take" it and use it. There would be a stiff political penalty for it tho'.
I'd imagine there's something the UK wants from us, and in return we'd get to "use Diego Garcia."
What would the UK want from the US? I can think of a couple things that would improve the UK's government if the US did, or didn't do something for them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (jtM2q)
FL is a bit of an outlier, because it's age of consent is 18. Of course, that is rarely enforced or half the FL tourist and party scene would be shut down.
Beware hysterical headlines and articles that scream "underage" and "girls" and "children" without specifically mentioning the ages in question. They are trying to hide something.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)
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I thought the picture was taken either in England or in the Bahamas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (GBKbO)
Happy Thursday, Ace! We've got 73.2 here in upstate SC.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rbastid at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (vHGFI)
Massie was always a prick, IIRC.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM
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Trump said she turned against him when he showed her private polling indicating she wouldn't be competitive in a Senate run and told her he wouldn't endorse her for that. Things went downhill from there.
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (pZEOD)
I wouldn't read to much into the headlines inferring that this was about typical insider trading information for personal gain. More like massive national trade movements that affect everything downstream.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 12:38 PM (viF8m)
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The GloboHomo Deep State earns their billions (if not trillions) facilitating all manner of international trafficking (human & child sex, drugs, oil, weapons) -- and needs it laundered -- which is one of the reasons they hate Trump closing the border, taking out drug-running boats, seizing oil tankers, et. al.).
There literally trillions of dollars at stake, and TBH I'm surprised they (God forbid) haven't taken Trump out -- although it's obvious they've tried several times.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:52 PM (5FL4d)
Joseph R. Biden, the Battle of the Chinese Balloons.
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You need to include the giant bunny rabbits.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 12:52 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (pVNyz)
It's been said here many times before, but Pope should tear down the thick walls of Vatican city and let them all in. Jesus would have! According to all liberal Christians.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:52 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:52 PM (ZxPkt)
The same people that want you to think they are against pedos ....
Are the same people that STILL say nothing about the 350k children--real, actual, underage in all countries children--that Biden "lost" because the left wanted more child sex slaves in the US.
Children that Trump has been recovering from child sex rings.
Children that the whole Biden Administration knew were being trafficked for sex work.
That's why they are focused on the Epstein Files--to keep the public away from the real, actual and current child sex traffickers.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 12:52 PM (HXT0k)
He doesn't want the US to use it, but he doesn't want to be seen doing it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (aapWt)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:44 PM (GBKbO)
IIRC, she never accused Andrew of having sex with her. She accused him of knowing that she was being trafficked and doing nothing about it.
Not that anyone cares.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM
Of course, right after I leave, the weather warms up. We're getting more snow tomorrow.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (Wnv9h)
National security won't enter into it.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)
FL is a bit of an outlier, because it's age of consent is 18. Of course, that is rarely enforced or half the FL tourist and party scene would be shut down.
Beware hysterical headlines and articles that scream "underage" and "girls" and "children" without specifically mentioning the ages in question. They are trying to hide something.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)
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I thought the picture was taken either in England or in the Bahamas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:51 PM (GBKbO)
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The pic of Andrew and Giuffre?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 12:29 PM (vbXSk)
From your nic are you in the illini (Illinois)?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Wally at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (0e5Te)
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It's not as if anyone has been trying to tell us that for lo these many years. Not mentioning any names, but his initials are JackStraw.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:53 PM (pVNyz)
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Well, NAZIs dressed well.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (pZ64F)
Hugo Boss black SS uniforms.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 19, 2026 12:54 PM (y171U)
I flew in and out of there during Operation Earnest Will in 1987. I'll bet there are U.S. military aircraft on the ramp there as I type this.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Y1sOo)
Oh that reminds me...Pope turned down being on the Board of Peace. During Lent.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:48 PM (gWBY1)
Pope wants a palestinian State
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:49 PM (pVNyz)
It's not the place for a Pope. Just like the League of Nations wasn't, and the UN wasn't...precedent has been set that the Pope is always above and apart from these types of groups. It's better for everyone. B/c the minute you introduce one faith as superior to the others in that type of group, it's over.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 12:54 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (tceez)
I was whelmed once. It met my expectations.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 12:54 PM (dK+Kv)
ok so you're nearish
yeah I've been very underwhelmed by the "warm"
still loads of ice piled up here
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 12:55 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 12:55 PM (CWTWj)
Hillary Clinton in her dreams.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 19, 2026 12:55 PM (y171U)
Rude bastards.
Posted by: Taylor at February 19, 2026 12:55 PM (vt7xw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Knock, knock, your birth certificate matches!
Posted by: Scotland Yard at February 19, 2026 12:55 PM (UBWwW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:28 PM (8zz6B)
So by inference do we wish you Happy Birthday AOP and many more......??
Hope to meet you someday.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:50 PM (QGaXH)
***
What the rogue said!!!
Many Happy Returns on the day!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 12:56 PM (2WIwB)
If true? Throw the Duchess of Pork under the bus too.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:56 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Credit where it's due at February 19, 2026 12:56 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 12:48 PM (TtTH3)
And so we don't care on what basis the arrests happen so long as we're convinced they're guilty of something they haven't been charged with?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 12:56 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 19, 2026 12:56 PM (UXLc2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:57 PM (8zz6B)
Baby, Peace Shack
sign says, 'stay away, fools'
cuz Love rules
at the Pe e eace Shack
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:57 PM (ZxPkt)
My neighbor is headed to Hawaii.
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes
Yea!!! I took my plow off the Mule Saturday to taunt winter. I had to put it back on today. Sking last Friday at Mt. Spokane, they had 13" at the lodge and 33" on top. They were moving snow from the parking lot to keep the lower lifts open. They've received about 23" in the last 5 days. I'm stoked. Might get another month of skiing with the grandkids!
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 12:57 PM (TtTH3)
When a case appears on papers in court it is R v Smith. The 'R' stands for Rex - the King.
If Andrew were to be put on trial, it would be:
the King
versus
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, his brother
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (+YA9H)
I think you mean allegations, not evidence.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Taylor at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (vt7xw)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 12:57 PM (TtTH3)
I put the sleds away on Sunday. You're welcome.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (dK+Kv)
As the story goes when Bill Clinton had to tell Hillary he fucked up and had been getting blow jobs from Monica Lewinsky (they've always had an arrangement) secret service was in the room. Hillary launched an ashtray at him. Not confirmed but it is believed SS took an ashtray for the president.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (CU22W)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (7Q7Ca)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (1Udfd)
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What's the difference?
Are you saying you want pedos to run the world?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (GBKbO)
NEVER EVER click "read more". Click "Comments".
Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2026 12:31 PM (2ocoG)
I've had success with right click on 'Comments' and selecting 'open in new tab'. Doing this on a laptop using chrome...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (QGaXH)
Rude bastards.
Posted by: Taylor at February 19, 2026 12:55 PM (vt7xw)
I bet a lot of them begin with "You Have Won an All Expenses Paid Vacation!"
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)
"That's the current state of MAGA and MAHA," she added.
What did YOU do when you were stealing tax dollars to suck cock in DC, hebitchmanwhore?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 12:59 PM (7Q7Ca)
This is blowing up the special relationship, and that is all the UK has.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 12:59 PM (5LjnF)
Spring season will be long and filled with fresh snow for ya.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:59 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 12:54 PM (tOcjL)
You're right, of course. I just thought it was funny Trump dragged the Pope into it and got some headlines out of it. Free PR for the Board of Peace.
("Bored of Peace, amirite?" Sorry, had to steal from an old Norm "Chairman of the Bored" joke!)
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12:59 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: illiniwek
We're at 75 the third week of February. Summer is going to be a bitch.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 12:59 PM (SD6jB)
Doubtful.. Have you seen his Daughters ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 12:59 PM (pVNyz)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
yes, west central IL
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (vbXSk)
If true? Throw the Duchess of Pork under the bus too.
Posted by: LizLem at February 19, 2026 12
The only thing I saw was Fergie saying her daughter was on a shagging weekend, with her boyfriend now husband. Not being passed around. But maybe I missed it, honestly so much of what is out there is fake whatever is real is very dialuted.
Also, it seems we have pederasts at best, the girls were 16, 17. Not great, mind you, still gross and disgusting.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (gm9Sb)
Yes, we need more arrests on Epstein perps. Not a MTG or Massie fan, but Bondi has no interest in making arrests. Apparently some of these girls were under 12!
I also saw that Bannon was communicating with Epstein about Pompeo replacing Pence, so that Pompeo could be prez with Trump gone.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (QGaXH)
Of course that's regular QQ-S-763 Chrome, not thin dense.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (QGaXH)
I think you mean allegations, not evidence.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM
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Don't know about the daughter stuff, but Fergie sucking up Epstein is well documented in photos taken long after everyone knew what he had been up to.
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 12:58 PM (CU22W)
There used to be 2 Lincoln era crystal lamps...
Now there is only one.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:01 PM (2WIwB)
Epstein's value was that he was an off the books political fixer with ties to power, money and weapons. The fact that he was also a person of low morals in his private life should not be shocking but it also isn't the real story. Epstein was a guy who could do things for the rich and powerful that they couldn't do themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 01:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 01:01 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at February 19, 2026 01:01 PM (7Q7Ca)
a lot of the stuff in the new releases is ... possibly fictional
one has to assume there simply was zero evidence, or the source was very suss
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 01:01 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Don't feel too bad. George Soros pollutes mine.
And happy birthday!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (qBdHI)
I DO eat a lot of Pizza and Jerky...
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:00 PM (1Udfd)
I think you mean alligators!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: nckate
I actually think Beatrice is kinda cute.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 19, 2026 12:55 PM (CWTWj)
Rupert Lowe? I read something the other day that Nigel Farage isn't going to fix the migrant crisis. IF that's true, then Reform isn't the answer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
In this world of nobles and peasants we live in I will cheer every head on a pike. I don't care.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 12:57 PM (TtTH3)
***
Never skied Mt Spokane but a buddy who goes there loves it.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (2WIwB)
a lot of the stuff in the new releases is ... possibly fictional
one has to assume there simply was zero evidence, or the source was very suss
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 01:01 PM (j+aD2)
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"Is there more evidence than an allegation in an email?"
"Why do you want pedos to run the world?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
WOLVERINES!!!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (SD6jB)
Hunter Biden did drugs naked with Obama's teenage daughters --no comment from the left
Bill Clinton sexually molested an intern in the Oval Office -- no comment from the left
Barney Frank and his Sharehole ran a gay prostitution ring out of his House office -- no comment from the left
and on and on and on and on ....
But the Epstein Files!!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--
Don't feel too bad. George Soros pollutes mine.
And happy birthday!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM
Yeah...I'm stuck with Obama.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (fYhK6)
There is more than just photos. There are email exchanges, one of which Fergie suggested that she and Epstein get married.
Oh, and Fergie and her two daughters flew to the U.S. and stayed with him in NYC. That's in the emails, too.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: nckate
I actually think Beatrice is kinda cute.
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At least their not Chelsea Clinton uggo. The girls aren't bad. They have big, pretty eyes.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:04 PM (qBdHI)
>Oh, and Fergie and her two daughters flew to the U.S. and stayed with him in NYC. That's in the emails, too.
What crime would you apply to these actions?
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:04 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 01:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM (ExV1e)
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Reform has never been on the deportation train. They've always been on the "minimize and we'll manage it better" train. There had been some rhetorical movements towards deportation recently from Reform, but I would find it hard to trust a party made up of former Conservatives to do much of anything.
Restore Britain may be a better bet, but yes, they're going to split the vote without tamping down on Reform in the next 3 years.
3 years is a while, especially in a Parliamentary first past the post system, so things could swing wildly against Reform.
We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)
This kinda sounds like the Trump New Yawk Tax case... where they will throw any legal crap at someone.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2026 12:46 PM (mP0Kj)
He was appointed Trade Envoy to China.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:05 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 01:05 PM (Y1sOo)
: (
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 01:05 PM (gVUi7)
It is all sordid and icky.
I wish MTG would go away or have her face sandblasted and a rhinoplasty. I do not like her trashy self. Reading a month ago she was hanging out with a founder of Code Pink! Anything to get her mug on camera. I should put a photo of her on the pantry door to cause nausea as I lose weight.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 01:05 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:04 PM (1Udfd)
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Only someone who wants pedos to rule the world would ask such an unimportant question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 01:05 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 01:06 PM (gm9Sb)
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Even Ploughman's Pickle is made in the Netherlands now.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 19, 2026 01:06 PM (0bjKf)
Epstein's value was that he was an off the books political fixer with ties to power, money and weapons. The fact that he was also a person of low morals in his private life should not be shocking but it also isn't the real story. Epstein was a guy who could do things for the rich and powerful that they couldn't do themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 01:01 PM (viF8m)
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And she was so close with Epstein that he gave her 10s of thousands of dollars in gifts -- that we know about -- and talked about his dick to her. But she denies he was ever her client or that they were ever anything more than very casual acquaintances who just ran in the same circles. Sure they were.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:06 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 01:06 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 01:06 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 01:07 PM (iLzkH)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Back when Quebec nearly seceded from Canada, the French military was paying real close attention...with a lot of travel to visit the potentially new country. Just what we needed, Pluton missiles in Quebec.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:07 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 01:08 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 12:15 PM (n1OCj)
This never happened, and you should be arrested and imprisoned for suggesting that it did, Learn some manners and respect us at all times.
Posted by: Cops at February 19, 2026 01:08 PM (fYhK6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--
Don't feel too bad. George Soros pollutes mine.
And happy birthday!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM
Yeah...I'm stuck with Obama.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (Wnv9h)
***
WOOHOO!!!!
I share mine with Melania!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Get This at February 19, 2026 01:08 PM (OKqJ/)
Posted by: nckate
I actually think Beatrice is kinda cute.
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At least their not Chelsea Clinton uggo. The girls aren't bad. They have big, pretty eyes.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:04 PM (qBdHI)
Big, pretty, CRAZY eyes.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 01:08 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Mao at February 19, 2026 01:09 PM (fYhK6)
I remember when Reagan put the hurt on Libya. France forbid F111s from flying through their airspace en route from Brit bases. The F111 crews experienced fatigue, resulting in a bomb landing in the French Embassy compound in Tripoli. Accidentally. Pinkie swearsies.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (gm9Sb)
Supposedly, the Frogs denied airspace access because Reagan wasn't planning to go far enough. Mitterand wanted regime change as the goal.
*make pumping motion with fist*
Kinda similar to the Frogs claiming that EVERYONE was part of the Resistance during WWII. Tough guys after Big Daddy America comes in and kicks ass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 01:09 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 01:06 PM (+nEug)
huh
This could be huge.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 01:10 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Nostrildominus at February 19, 2026 01:10 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Diogenes
Started skiing there in 73. It's come along way. It's a first class operation now. Very difficult tough season so far yet everyone working has a smile and a great attitude. I remember what it was like to be a ski bum and live for fresh snow. The two middle grandkids are turning into little fanatics, especially the eight year old. She skis in the morning and then switches to the ski board in the afternoon. She is a joy to ski with.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:10 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: IRON MAIDEN at February 19, 2026 01:10 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 01:11 PM (uQzkA)
Anyone who was a player back then knew exactly who Epstein was and what he was doing. Yet rich and powerful from around the world befriended the guy.
Why? Why would a rich and powerful woman, joined at the hip to the POTUS, be besties with Jeffrey Epstein? Why would a prince of the UK? Does anyone really believe he couldn't get women on his own?
Epstein had the ability to make things happen outside normal channels. That's literally what the CIA was created to do.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2026 01:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
The lotus eater guy (Sargon of akkad) did a video on that yesterday about how Nigel's not the one. It was good. I agree, Farage has been flipfloppy on a lot of things but he is downright pro-muslim. He seems to be saying recently that Reform can't win without the muslim vote -- is he nuts?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:11 PM (5LjnF)
The Prince is a scapegoat/huge distraction. Queen Elizabeth already cut him out.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (Hkcdp)
BTW, where's their nuke inventory?
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 12:43 PM (cGjQu)
RAF Lakenheath, or on board a couple of missile subs.
Incidentally, Lakenheath is almost exclusively an American base, so we're basically providing security for their nuke stockpile.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (kTyBw)
Re Hern, former Okla US rep:
She's not in office. Her last year was 2021. A Republican women holds the office now.
My error. That's what I get for trusting search results.
Posted by: mindful webworker - artisanally intellergint at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Taylor at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (vt7xw)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
There's video evidence that Trump was once in a room with over a dozen children! (when he was signing some EO and they were there for the photo op)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 01:12 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:10 PM (TtTH3)
***
Very cool!
Sadly no skiers in the grands. But they can shoot.
I guess that is something.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 01:13 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 01:13 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 01:13 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 01:14 PM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Taylor at February 19, 2026 01:14 PM (vt7xw)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 01:13 PM (Hkcdp)
Was he ever not in that tar pit?
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:15 PM (pZEOD)
And what may ask is wrong with Chelsea Clinton's looks?
Posted by: THE GHOST OF WEBB HUBBELL at February 19, 2026 01:15 PM (yYs4P)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 01:15 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:15 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
I never understood Britain's gay love affair with Islam. Winston Churchill had some negative things to say, but that's about it. I think it has to do with Islam being the enemy of their enemy, the Catholics. Also, the Brits seem to love swarthy men.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 01:16 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 19, 2026 01:16 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
The lotus eater guy (Sargon of akkad) did a video on that yesterday about how Nigel's not the one. It was good. I agree, Farage has been flipfloppy on a lot of things but he is downright pro-muslim. He seems to be saying recently that Reform can't win without the muslim vote -- is he nuts?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 01:11 PM (5LjnF)
Farage is JUST squishy enough, sadly. I don’t think he is physically up to the job, either.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 01:16 PM (fYhK6)
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Even Ploughman's Pickle is made in the Netherlands now.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell
You don't have to tariff them. Just wait. The Huns or someone else will come sniffing around.
Then, we're to busy to help.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (n5tGW)
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OMG! That might raise the price of haggis!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--
Don't feel too bad. George Soros pollutes mine.
And happy birthday!
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Sorry for you guys.
Mine on the other hand...
[puffs up with assumed pride]
... is on George Washington's, this Sunday.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 01:14 PM (Kc+Vz)
~~~~~
The raw materials were incongruous.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: LASue at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (mFhj8)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026
I don’t think they are bad, especially now they have grown into their teeth. I think we tend to associate beauty with fine features, and they don’t have this. Plus they inherited their mama’s hips.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2026 01:18 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 01:18 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 19, 2026 01:18 PM (xvV+O)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
IT'S OFFICIAL: The Chicago Bears are FLEEING CHICAGO to Indiana, Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson is LIVID
"Is my face straight? Alright. OK. Trying to keep a straight face here."
He PUSHED THEM OUT, Chicago is a SHTHOLE. This is on you, Johnson!
https://tinyurl.com/4ytrn872
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2026 01:16 PM (Dv3i1)
Islam is SO SUPER-NEATO!!!
Posted by: Labour Party at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (fYhK6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 01:14 PM (Kc+Vz)
I think it was Phyllis Diller who said "Go the Buckingham Palace and shout out Here King...Here Queenie...Here Prince, and see what comes running."
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (2WIwB)
New one
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Zombie Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (kTyBw)
Have you seen the exchange rate?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 01:20 PM (fYhK6)
MAP's. Minor attracted people. Here in the PNW, Seattle to be exact, their trying to normalize them to the public.
.22 cal. short behind the left or right ear. Tumbles in the skull and makes sushi.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 01:20 PM (CU22W)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 01:20 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: THE GHOST OF WEBB HUBBELL at February 19, 2026 01:15 PM (yYs4P)
Put her head in a sack, and she's a 1.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (8zz6B)
Nice. I have a tradition where one morning, every winter, I get up at 3 am on a random day and drive to Orofino (ID) and catch a Steelhead and then get in a mt bike ride before I head back home.
Sometimes it takes me half the day and I have to ride with lights...other times, I am hooked up before the sun clears the horizon and I get home in time for dinner.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (1Udfd)
(Stated with the full knowledge that virtually none of you guys like Princess Kate, and I know why, and if you say why I will roll my eyes for hours on end.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (fYhK6)
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OMG! That might raise the price of haggis!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 01:17 PM (FXNzP)
***
Back later guys...I'm off to the CLASS VI store at Ft Lewis to load up on scotch.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: LASue at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (mFhj8)
I never understood Britain's gay love affair with Islam.
No shit.
Posted by: Zombie Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (kTyBw)
Word.
Posted by: Zombie Major General Charles George Gordon at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (kTyBw)
R = Regina (Literally: Queen)
So he's signing as: Charles, King
Unlike King Harv who knew you should put the title first!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 19, 2026 01:22 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: muldoon at February 19, 2026 01:22 PM (qgHp7)
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Probably not made there, but today should arrive a couple of electrical connectors that I could not find locally, and least expensive were off of Ebay, from England.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (fYhK6)
Who in their right mind would dislike Princess Catherine?
Posted by: LASue at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (mFhj8)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 01:20 PM (CU22W)
Newsletter?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:24 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: LASue at February 19, 2026 01:23 PM (mFhj
“She has no tits.”
Posted by: Virtually every guy Cow Demon has met at February 19, 2026 01:24 PM (fYhK6)
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From what I've always seen about her, she is quite likeable. And pretty in a girl-next-door way. Must be boob related....
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 01:20 PM (CU22W)
Newsletter?
Cure for CHOMO's or MAP's
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 01:25 PM (CU22W)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:21 PM (8zz6B)
LOL
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 01:26 PM (fYhK6)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 19, 2026 01:26 PM (dZ27U)
we only here him described as one in most of the public references.
Posted by: paulnjax at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (PPnyU)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (dZ27U)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI)
From my perspective, she could have been a runway model, and she is smokin hot. AND any footage I have seen of her interacting with the public suggests to me she is down to earth and while quite posh is not stuck on herself. Not bitchy by any means.
But yes, I mention I have a huge thing for her and I get “Why? She has no tits.”
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (fYhK6)
Awesome. Home of the Maiacs! Chances are you may have bumped into my cousin. He lives to fish on the Clearwater. He makes custom bows and fishing rods for a living. Provides him with a lot of time on the water and in the woods.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:28 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 19, 2026 01:29 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 01:29 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 01:35 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: tits or lack thereof at February 19, 2026 01:38 PM (OKqJ/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
And they all know without the Royals the UK would be as interesting as some Balkan country.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (8avO+)
The British Monarchy is the oldest, wealthiest, and (most significantly ) whitest example of Western superiority. The UK ia a shadow of its former self, but its Monarchy is a reminder of everything that Western Civilization has accomplished, and what these other shit societies can never attain.
They want to bring it down. It's commies and muzzie filth doing it, and I am shocked that people are not seeing what's happening.
And FWIW, I think Charles has converted to islam. Contrast his ramadan message to his Ash Wednesday one.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2026 01:44 PM (Vvh2V)
Everyone - What about the horde of Pakistani child rapist?
The UK: The what?
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at February 19, 2026 01:45 PM (CU22W)
we only here him described as one in most of the public references.
Posted by: paulnjax at February 19, 2026 01:27 PM (PPnyU)
He probably wasn't, he was just a messenger dude and fixer. Sure a lot stuck to his fingers but he was working for the billionaires not one of them.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 01:46 PM (8avO+)
The 1st period ended at 0-0. In their previous round robin game the Canadians got pelted 5-0. This time the Beavers have been relentlessly gnawing away the USA defense while their goalie has the USA offensive dammed up.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 19, 2026 01:47 PM (tqpXi)
@EricLDaugh
IT'S OFFICIAL: The Chicago Bears are FLEEING CHICAGO to Indiana, Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson is LIVID
"Is my face straight? Alright. OK. Trying to keep a straight face here."
He PUSHED THEM OUT, Chicago is a SHTHOLE. This is on you, Johnson!
https://tinyurl.com/4ytrn872
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (NpAcC)
They are moving to GARY INDIANA? Lol. Everyone who drives thru it sees the pink and other colored smoke coming down like volcanic ash.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 19, 2026 01:50 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 19, 2026 02:01 PM (GD2xa)
But neither am I a Bondi fan.
Nor is Shawn Ryan. I posted this earlier. Language warning:
https://tinyurl.com/33pn8s8s
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 02:05 PM (7xyr6)
.
Thanks for inserting TvvitVVhore entries rather than linkies for those of thus placed in TvvitVVhore time-outs by the TvvitVVhore Troll™ hall monitors.
Posted by: Marooned at February 19, 2026 02:33 PM (kt8QE)
Clinton didn't do it either.
It was a professional hit.
The CIA had no reason to kill him.
But... The British Secret Service sure did, (to protect the Royal family).
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 19, 2026 02:33 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Don't feel too bad. George Soros pollutes mine.
And happy birthday!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 01:02 PM
Yeah...I'm stuck with Obama.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 01:03 PM (Wnv9h)
***
WOOHOO!!!!
I share mine with Melania!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 01:08 PM (2WIwB)
Mine is shared with Jefferson Davis.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 19, 2026 02:47 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2026 01:06 PM (+nEug)
Kinda too bad we didn't let Hitler have them. Pull any bases we have there and tell the Limeys to FO.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 19, 2026 03:13 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drogo Bird at February 19, 2026 05:33 PM (wGqjj)
The Morning Rant: The SAVE Act
What counts as acceptable proof? The bill outlines categories of documents that could qualify, including:
- A valid U.S. passport
- A REAL ID-compliant ID that indicates U.S. citizenship
- Military ID together with a military record showing U.S. birthplace
- Government-issued photo ID showing U.S. birthplace
- Other government documents demonstrating citizenship (such as naturalization records)
If a person does not have these standard and common documents, the bill requires states to create an alternative process where additional documentation may be submitted to prove citizenship. That sounds like the bill is mandating a reasonable process to allow American citizens access to their voting rights, even if they don't have traditional forms of identification. It doesn't sound like disenfranchisement of women or minorities or midgets or left-handed lesbians or any of the pressure groups that the Democrat/leftist apparatus trots out to prove that we filthy conservatives are just itching to throw them in camps. It does one thing; it keeps non-citizens out of the voting systems. Don't let them obfuscate...don't let them lie...don't let them subvert our voting...don't let them get away with their typical lies that filter into the American consciousness by sheer volume. The resistance to this sane, rational, thoroughly acceptable bill is a strong indicator of the true politics of those who are fighting it. Senators Collins (a tepid yes with a procedural no) and Murkowski are against it, but we knew that already. The big issue is getting rid of the so-called filibuster, and any senator who resists that is also an enemy of our true voting rights. We can argue incessantly about the wisdom of the filibuster, but a legislative victory for this administration is a powerful signal to the country, and will last far longer than presidential memos and administrative rules changes that can be cancelled the first day of a Democrat administration. And who knows...maybe Fetterman will vote for it and President Trump can talk about his bipartisan triumph! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:01 AM (PpBto)
I fully expect that states will simply continue to issue false IDs as they have been doing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 11:03 AM (RIvkX)
EVERY modern democracy (and some that don't even make it to "modern") has ID and registration requirements to make sure ONLY their citizens are voting.
Except the U.S. We are so corrupt that basic security measures are stopped by a small minority (80% support them!) because they rely on fraud to rule over the people who they hate.
And our media gleefully supports them in their fraud.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 11:03 AM (zjgNU)
When's the vote?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 19, 2026 11:04 AM (n7rxJ)
When's the vote?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 19, 2026 11:04 AM (n7rxJ)
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I don't believe anything's been scheduled yet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (mEckN)
I think that remains to be seen. The left will start work immediately on finding ways to massively corrupt whatever safetys are put in place by SAVE.
The resistance to this sane, rational, thoroughly acceptable bill is a strong indicator of the true politics of those who are fighting it. Senators Collins (a tepid yes with a procedural no) and Murkowski are against it, but we knew that already. The big issue is getting rid of the so-called filibuster, and any senator who resists that is also an enemy of our true voting rights.
I thought The Turtle already said he's a no.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (tj6OY)
I thought The Turtle already said he's a no.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
Can he still speak?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:06 AM (PpBto)
Wants a woman president.
Comes out and says "women are too stupid get get ID"
NOW they can tell what a woman is.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 11:06 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 19, 2026 11:03 AM (zjgNU)
Mark Steyn noted in a recent column that freaking Afghanistan requires voter ID.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (PpBto)
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Tea leaves say that Black Girl Magic is running away with it.
Even though she's embarrassing and no one actually likes Jasmine Crockett.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:06 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 19, 2026 11:06 AM (tj6OY)
There's a lot that scares the GOP.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (jtM2q)
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Almost as if the Democat-Communist Party was a plantation.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
I thought The Turtle already said he's a no.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
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Last I saw, Collins agreed to co-sponsor which means 50 sponsors and 50 votes without Mitch, Murk, or Tillis.
+Vance as tiebreaker, of course.
Now, it's just finding a way past cloture or the filibuster, assuming leadership wants to do it at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (GBKbO)
"We can argue incessantly about the wisdom of the filibuster, but a legislative victory for this administration is a powerful signal to the country, and will last far longer than presidential memos and administrative rules changes that can be cancelled the first day of a Democrat administration."
👏 Outstanding! Thanks, CBD.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)
After all, they will be useful in internal security duties against the local population.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at February 19, 2026 11:08 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
Can he still speak?
He said "no" after a dramatic 43-minute pause.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:09 AM (8DR9B)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:09 AM (Cqx++)
Whatever happens we WILL get real elections, since it's now a part of national security.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 11:09 AM (UBWwW)
Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent
So much for getting booze, smokes, lottery tickets or your SNAP benefits. That's gotta suck.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 11:10 AM (SD6jB)
But I’m fine with ME not voting, as long as the dead and the invaders can’t either.
Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at February 19, 2026 11:10 AM (64rer)
Posted by: Sponge
Communicates by blinking now, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
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Farting
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:10 AM (iFTx/)
This is what I am thinking -- this will show that not only is their various forms of voter fraud, but that illegals have been a significant voting bloc.
They are doing everything they can, with this and the census, to hide the true number of illegal immigrants/legal immigrants (e.g temporary visa and refugees) in our country today.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 11:10 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 11:10 AM (z5QST)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
Can he still speak?
He said "no" after a dramatic 43-minute pause.
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He doesn't know what day of the week it is. They shouldn't be allowed admittance to the chambers if they can't answer that question without the assistance of a staff member.
Posted by: Jodie Foster at February 19, 2026 11:10 AM (TN0g+)
FCC Chair @BrendanCarrFCC just absolutely scorched legacy media in wake of Talarico/Colbert stunt:
“Yesterday is why the American people have more trust in gas station sushi than they do in the national news media.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 11:10 AM (FXNzP)
Chances are Illegals even if able to vote they won't vote in percentage that citizens do. Lots are registered yet do not vote every time.
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 11:11 AM (mEckN)
A Republic of Retards, you might say.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:11 AM (8DR9B)
Wants a woman president.
Comes out and says "women are too stupid get get ID"
"This is not about me wanting to be President..."
Posted by: AOC at February 19, 2026 11:11 AM (UBWwW)
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Thune could enforce the current Senate rules[/] that require a speaking filibuster; it could go on for several days, but make the process the punishment and force the Cheating Commies to defend 20% of an 80/20 issue.
However, since the Scumbag Left have already promised and committed to ending the filibuster once they next control The Senate (which they already tried but for Sinema and Manchin) -- it really is a moot point now and Thune should just nuke it.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:12 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)
The future of our country depends on this.
Posted by: Lizzy
It truly chafes my nether region, at how shamelesy close to total destruction of our country the surrender monkey GOPe have allowed us to drift.
That a single common sense legislative biill to secure voting of all things is having difficulty getting support to pass just blows my mind.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 19, 2026 11:12 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
*beeeeep*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:13 AM (8DR9B)
CNN's Pamela Brown announces she's been working on a "special project" warn against "Christian nationalism" and portrays them as a radicalized threat to the country.
She then launches into a report where she fears the assassination of Charlie Kirk uniting Christians and scoffs at the idea that Christians were being targeted with hate and violence:
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 11:13 AM (FXNzP)
What a bunch of rancid worthless bastards. They are not Americans, they just live here. I hope they all die in a fire.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 11:13 AM (lQYPV)
Wants a woman president.
Comes out and says "women are too stupid get get ID"
"This is not about me wanting to be President..."
Posted by: AOC at February 19, 2026 11:11 AM (UBWwW)
Mamdani getting in probably convinced a lot of these wannabe commie Nomenklatura whores that they could get in and make themselves General Secretary and start finally showing Dad that they have good ideas too.
Maybe he'll finally come back from getting cigarettes then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 11:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: The Guy Who Says Let It All Burn at February 19, 2026 11:13 AM (gVUi7)
If I had my way, they would be subject to show trials and public executions.
I would even consider revising the 1st amendment to the left’s detriment.
I’m not sure what else I could do.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 11:13 AM (jbnUc)
Maybe she can get the CIA in on this.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:14 AM (8DR9B)
The bill proscribes "an app for that" -- as in, one can simply sign an affidavit (under penalty of perjury) that they are the same person. And voila -- you can vote!
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:15 AM (5FL4d)
However, since the Scumbag Left have already promised and committed to ending the filibuster once they next control The Senate (which they already tried but for Sinema and Manchin) -- it really is a moot point now and Thune should just nuke it.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:12 AM (5FL4d)
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I seriously doubt the filibuster is ever going away. Dems didn't do it in 2021 when they had the effective majority (Mitch handed leadership to Schumer in the 50/50 chamber, and they had Kamala to tie break).
It makes on the bubble senators simply too important. So, opposition votes against it en masse, and then just a couple on the pro side vote against it with mouth words about institutional integrity but it's really about keeping the spotlight on themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
That's the thing, they've used the "blacks can't ID" lie for so long that it's been accepted as fact.
OF COURSE blacks (and married women) can get ID, as ID is required for all sorts of everyday adult activities/transactions. The people who are legitimately unable to get ID (e.g. institutionalized) shouldn't be voting any way, probably also not engaging on other adult activities independently.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 11:15 AM (tj6OY)
Theres no turning back now. We've seen the elephant.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 11:15 AM (jc0TO)
After all, they will be useful in internal security duties against the local population.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
It's a lot easier to shoot foreign oppressors than oppressors that come from your own towns and villages.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:16 AM (8zz6B)
But I recently walked away from getting a Real ID vs. a regular driver's license in PA.
PA is going to hell in a handbasket.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 11:16 AM (NFX2v)
Fun times, those were.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:17 AM (8DR9B)
Maybe he'll finally come back from getting cigarettes then.
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Hey, I took a wrong turn and I just kept going. Besides, who wants to live in Baltimore?
Posted by: Bruce S. at February 19, 2026 11:17 AM (TN0g+)
My dog ate my ID.
Fortunately, Mamdani's office said they'll fix it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:17 AM (UzL96)
Maybe she can get the CIA in on this.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:14 AM (8DR9B)
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"Here, hold our cocktails." -- The FBI & DOJ
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:17 AM (5FL4d)
Translations: Christians.
They just added the "Nationalism" on to make it sound more like Nazis.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 11:17 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 11:18 AM (UBWwW)
I never thought that our response to 9/11 would be to allow the Muslim population of the United States to double in the following decade.
But it was.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 11:18 AM (n1OCj)
Every one has a picture ID to vote. Our elections have been suspect for decades. Maybe Dewey really did defeat Truman?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 11:18 AM (lQYPV)
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 11:18 AM
Nah. It's handwritten on a brown paper bag.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 11:19 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bruce S. at February 19, 2026 11:17 AM (TN0g+)
Dammit. 'Daddy, don't you walk so fast.' Part of that great slop and horror pile that was 70s story songs.
Was that Wayne Newton?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)
After all, they will be useful in internal security duties against the local population.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
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Taking a leaf from Iran's book, I see.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2026 11:19 AM (i1VVh)
‘ Even though she's embarrassing and no one actually likes Jasmine Crockett.’
Yes but she’s black and a woman. So she deserves it more.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 11:19 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)
But it was.
I never would have believed that the nation would (supposedly) elect a president whose middle name was Hussein.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:20 AM (8DR9B)
Posted by: toby928(c)
With your picture on it, so we know it's you?
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Mine has my picture on it, but I've shaved the mustache since that photo was taken.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:20 AM (TN0g+)
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We're gonna need MOAR Advanced Alien Spacecraft Technology ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:20 AM (5FL4d)
Much of the inner city voting machines rely on proxy voting -- Either through "ballot harvesting" for states where mail-in voting is allowed, or through the old fashioned way of having teams of people show up at each precinct, being told who they are, and sent in to vote. This used to be standard before the mail-in acceptance.
The only way to stop this is with legitimate ID at registration and polling station. This would end the Democrat vote fraud machine.
This has been going on for decades and everyone knew it. It was felt that it was too much bother to correct, and after all, it only corrupted the inner city votes. But they have expanded this fraud and it is now big enough to affect state and federal elections.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 11:20 AM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
He is "hesitant," but has he given a definitive "no?"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2026 11:21 AM (n9ltV)
Also, the fog off the bay is something else right now. I do not believe it is 70 out here.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:21 AM (OoFl2)
Who is this “We” Kemosabe? Seriously, We The People, did no such fucking thing. Not even a little bit.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 11:21 AM (lQYPV)
Also, Ireland is going to expedite citizenship for "migrants" willing to serve in the Irish armed forces.
I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 11:21 AM (n1OCj)
I'm curious about what document would meet this requirement. Birth certificates do not have photos, so what would?
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:22 AM (8mulE)
I'm curious about what document would meet this requirement. Birth certificates do not have photos, so what would?
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:22 AM (8mulE)
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Passports.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:22 AM (GBKbO)
It's been going on since Tammany Hall.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: toby928(c)
With your picture on it, so we know it's you?
Posted by: t-bird
>Mine has footprints so they can run it thru AI.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 11:23 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
I'm curious about what document would meet this requirement. Birth certificates do not have photos, so what would?
Posted by: No Name Today at February
Passport
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:23 AM (OoFl2)
"This...is Missus Johnson. She is one hundred and nineteen years old. When she was born, birth certificates, literacy and pigeons didn't exist. She's gone this whole time without a birth certificate because she has an extreme fear of paper. The absolute MONSTERS of the Rethuglican party want to take away her right to vote."
Mrs Johnson. "Please let me die."
Reporter: "Back to you, Jennifer!"
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 11:23 AM (RjOoY)
In The 'Nati its 58 we still have lingering snow piles. The pond outside my office is still frozen. That musta been one deep freeze we had!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 11:23 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 11:24 AM (z5QST)
Let's not forget the green three boobed alien giants.
Posted by: DaveA at February 19, 2026 11:24 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:24 AM (8mulE)
Mrs Johnson. "Please let me die."
Reporter: "Back to you, Jennifer!"
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 11:23 AM (RjOoY)
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"I may have to request a birth certificate from my birth state because I lost my birth certificate in a move 10 years ago! It's a poll tax!"
-lady who has a REAL ID and won't have to supply a birth certificate
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:24 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 11:25 AM (cGjQu)
Who is this “We” Kemosabe? Seriously, We The People, did no such fucking thing. Not even a little bit.
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Yeah, I don't recall any of us believing that TSA putting grannies thru hell at the airports while waiving muslims thru was the answer to airline security either. "Our" government takes great pleasure in reminding us that they are in charge, not us.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:25 AM (TN0g+)
I have a birth certificate.
Posted by: toby928(c)
With your picture on it, so we know it's you?
Posted by: t-bird
A picture of a baby who looks like Winston Churchill.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:25 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)
First off, assholes, the majority of us don't change our birth certificates when we get married. We have this thing...it's called a marriage license...that we can show as proof for a name change and it also matches our birth certificate.
Secondly, many of us had to dig up all this documentation just to get a REAL ID (my state forced it). Birth cert, SS card, marriage license, divorce papers, proof of reversion to birth name, another marriage license, etc. My first marriage/divorce was in a completely different state and (horrors!) I had to write/call to get the proof I needed.
It wasn't brain fucking surgery or rocket science and anyone who tells you that it isn't possible/is financially a burden is nothing but a flat-out liar.
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 11:25 AM (yjPLJ)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at February 19, 2026 11:25 AM (vqA1l)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:24 AM (8mulE)
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Birth state.
The point is that that passport (and other potentially valid forms of ID) have gone through verification processes that includes the birth certificate and can act as proxies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026
It’s shows the city and state you were born in. Mine notes El Paso,Tx. It does not have the hospital, but they don’t need that.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:26 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: brak at February 19, 2026 11:26 AM (jGJov)
Posted by: Red Buttons at February 19, 2026 11:26 AM (TN0g+)
I never thought that our response to 9/11 would be to allow the Muslim population of the United States to double in the following decade.
But it was.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 19, 2026 11:18 AM (n1OCj)
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Double? I'm sure it's probably 10x as much.
To begin with, they were always here, building yuge mosques and Islamic temples and goatfucking retreats since the 1920s. Their population exploded in the last 30 years, with massive immigration and because they breed like rats.
Although concentrated in the big blue cities, they are all over the country, in deepest red states. They are like head lice and tics.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:26 AM (iFTx/)
>Me neither. It's 2deg here with 3 inches of snow. It's 71 in my home office.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 11:27 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026
It’s shows the city and state you were born in. Mine notes El Paso,Tx. It does not have the hospital, but they don’t need that.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:26 AM (OoFl2)
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For some reason, my mother brought me my original birth certificates (one from the hospital and one from the state) and my baptismal certificates last weekend.
I mean...I'm a dude and don't need them for ID, so that's not why she brought it. It's just a fun coincidence.
I also learned that neither of my parents ever told me that my aunt and uncle are my godparents.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:27 AM (GBKbO)
That’s how batshit crazy all these grifters and con artists embedded like ticks out there in Washington city are. They don’t care.
Serious or sober minded patriots, good Americans in government at every level would do everything in their power to avoid this. “You want to look under the hood on the electoral process? Be my guest, by all means!”
Instead, they went straight for the jugular, call people “election deniers” and “conspiracy theorists” etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (lQYPV)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (UzL96)
Yes, Mitch McConnell has indicated opposition to the SAVE Act (often referred to as the SAVE America Act in recent versions), which requires proof of citizenship for federal voter registration and includes voter ID mandates.
Recent reports from February 2026 show:
McConnell has publicly opposed the measure in the past, including in a 2025 Wall Street Journal op-ed where he argued it could lead to excessive federal control over elections (something Republicans have historically opposed) and might set a precedent for future Democratic overreach.
Outlets like the Courier-Journal report that McConnell "has said he opposes the measure," and his office has pointed to that op-ed when asked for comment.
The bill passed the House recently (with bipartisan support in some versions), but faces major hurdles in the Senate due to the filibuster (requiring 60 votes) and lack of full GOP unity. McConnell, as a key figure (and former leader, now influential on the Rules Committee), is seen as a roadblock.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19
Oh no….
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (OoFl2)
Representative Kendra Horn, the only Democrap representative in this solidly Trumpian state, represents the 5th congressional district, which includes most of the People's Republic of Oklahoma City, a cancerous blue hole in our red map. Wikedpedia says, in 2018, "She garnered support from female* Republican voters in an election largely seen as a referendum against President Donald Trump." *Of course.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Make America SAVE Again at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (oq2IS)
Ok, I'm joking about that last part, but only a little: a very young Eric Roberts plays the grandson of the King, and he looks and acts like a character from SNF who accidentally walked into the wrong studio.
The movie is slow, bland, and not much makes any sense. There's minimal conflict or drama, because most of it takes place off screen. And it's hard to care about any of these people, because the movie goes out of its way to portray them as liars, thieves, criminals, wife abusers, and scumbags.
Good cast, though, although Judd Hirsh was badly miscast as the father.
Two out of five stars.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (iFTx/)
No one does unless it's in certain adoption circumstances.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (UzL96)
Are you in Tehran perchance?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (8DR9B)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:27 AM (GBKbO)
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*cue Godfather theme music*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (i1VVh)
Government-issued photo ID showing U.S. birthplace
they must be referring to some other kind of document.
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (8mulE)
You can't get a passport without a birth certificate or at least you couldn't previously. Any system will be broken by some but theres no reason to hold out for perfection.
Passport or real ID. One day of voting. No mass mail in ballots. That would cut the cheating to noise.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (viF8m)
-lady who has a REAL ID and won't have to supply a birth certificate
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:24 AM (GBKbO)
Every time I've had to show my official birth certificate, which is ratty and torn, the government drone will say that I need to replace it. But they still accept it so I don't. Not that I object to sending a couple bucks to Alabama.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (ExV1e)
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It shouldn't be allowed. IF one is born "Mary Johnson", that is the ONLY name that should ever appear on that document, because the birth certificate is a "record of live birth". What occurs AFTER the live birth is not relevant for that document.
"Our" congressional critters should make that Federal law, so we can stop pretending that those born male were retroactively born female and vice versa.
But "Our" congressional critters don't give a damn about us.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (TN0g+)
["Pikers!" -- Califzuela, Arizona, and about 54 other states:]
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- 4,000+ people voted in Nevada who are non-citizens
- 42,000 people voted more than once
- Over 20,000 voters did not have a mailing address
- 2,400 voters had an out-of-state address
- 1,500 people voted in Nevada who were dead
- 19,000 people voted though they did not live in Nevada
- 8,000 people voted from a non-existent address
- 15,000 people voted though they were registered to a commercial address or a vacant address
- 130,000 instances of fraud identified
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Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:30 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (UzL96)
My first thought was: could be a transformer... then I remembered where you are.
Hope it is a transformer.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)
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You know who else never had a passport?
And yet he visited so many other countries.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: No Name Today
Mine just shows the state I was born in.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 11:31 AM (UBWwW)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)
And you have to dip your finger in purple ink or your vote doesn't count.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
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I'm confused--Kendra Horn isn't in office.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:32 AM (TN0g+)
In a real election you have candidates at the lowest level fighting for each vote and they do not allow vote buying because it affects them. They watch every polling station and scrutinize the count. Even still, this is difficult in inner cities even without absentee ballots. I have seen church buses driving around during election days with dozens of people voting at each one. Think about that a bit - 20 or 30 churches, 20 people per bus, 10 votes per person = 5000 votes and enough to control most city offices. This has been going on for decades. (Do I need to explain this more? Why do they need a bus when the voting stations are all very local - usually more local than the churches.)
With one party cities, the party controls the candidates and this is how. Offices are bought and sold and it is all graft.
In 2020 the Dems figured out how to expand this with mail in and centralized counting.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 11:33 AM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
The city in Italy?
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)
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[Facepalm]
-- CS Lewis
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:33 AM (iFTx/)
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You know who else never had a passport?
And yet he visited so many other countries.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
So I only need to complete some paperwork or obtain a wehrmacht. Which is less time consuming?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 11:33 AM (z5QST)
It’s shows the city and state you were born in. Mine notes El Paso,Tx. It does not have the hospital, but they don’t need that.
Posted by: Piper
Mine just has OHIO, USA
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:33 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Archimedes
Why would we need that when we've got those cool "I voted" stickers?/
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
‘ It's 2deg here with 3 inches of snow. It's 71 in my home office.’
Where do you live, Alaska?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 11:34 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
*snort*
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 19, 2026 11:34 AM (yjPLJ)
"Hello, my name is Juan Hernandez," says Bill in a fake mustache is not the prime mover of cheating in American elections.
"I say there are 1000 ballots in this box of 10," is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:34 AM (GBKbO)
Not saying it is not a good trade for election integrity, just pointing it out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)
Election day cheating has occurred in multiple jurisdictions for several elections now yet otherwise intelligent people continue to act like it's some shield against fraud.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:28 AM (UzL96)
Are you in Tehran perchance?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2026 11:29 AM (8DR9B)
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Northern Israel. 3 more booms since.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (UzL96)
And you have to dip your finger in purple ink or your vote doesn't count.
Posted by: Archimedes
Stick in your thumb and pull out a plum.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)
Mr Tumnus, is that you ...
Posted by: Lucy Pevence at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (3sXRv)
That's horrible. I don't want summary executions. They should last awhile.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
they even accept EBT
Posted by: brak at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (jGJov)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (gVUi7)
That's horrible. I don't want summary executions. They should last awhile.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
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Black bag over the head. Body disposed of where no one will find it.
What happens in between doesn't matter to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
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"When you think about it, isn't taking time out of your day to vote -- especially if you do so in person -- a poll tax?"
/Donkey-Chompers-Cortez -- Make Mexican Horses Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (8mulE)
Election day cheating has occurred in multiple jurisdictions for several elections now yet otherwise intelligent people continue to act like it's some shield against fraud.
It's not a cure-all, but it takes away one of the most important methods for cheating. That sounds like a good idea.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)
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"When you think about it, isn't taking time out of your day to vote -- especially if you do so in person -- a poll tax?"
/Donkey-Chompers-Cortez -- Make Mexican Horses Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (5FL4d)
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Anything less than your betters choosing your leaders for you is a polls tax.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
It’s shows the city and state you were born in. Mine notes El Paso,Tx. It does not have the hospital, but they don’t need that.
Posted by: Piper
Mine just has OHIO, USA
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2026 11:33 AM (Cqx++)
Maybe I made that up and it just says Texas. I should look. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:37 AM (OoFl2)
"Hello, my name is Juan Hernandez," says Bill in a fake mustache is not the prime mover of cheating in American elections.
"I say there are 1000 ballots in this box of 10," is.
I vouch for Juan!
Posted by: Another Juan bites the dust at February 19, 2026 11:37 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026
I don’t think mine has my birth place, just current address.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:38 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Piper
We might have a place for you in our organization.
-- Fake News Media
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)
"I say there are 1000 ballots in this box of 10," is.
I vouch for Juan!
Posted by: Another Juan bites the dust
I vouch for Juan as well.
Posted by: Manuel Recount at February 19, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Now that I think about it, a "memorial" hospital seems a bit ominous.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 11:39 AM (jc0TO)
It will be painful at first, but we’ll be better off in the long run.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 19, 2026 11:39 AM (/DR63)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
>In the Rocky Mountains on the Continental Divide. It's supposed to warm up to 31 tomorrow.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 11:40 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
My first thought was: could be a transformer... then I remembered where you are.
Hope it is a transformer.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
THE GAYS ARE BLOWING UP!!!!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 11:40 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:35 AM (UzL96)
Stay safe! Could the Air Force be doing some supersonic flights? I assume if the weirdbeards were lobbing missiles, there would be an alert?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:40 AM (8zz6B)
It will be painful at first, but we’ll be better off in the long run.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 19, 2026 11:39 AM (/DR63)
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Their grand execution of strategy under Biden when Republicans were voting for cloture on almost anything anyway was just trillions of dollars in graft.
DC is not interested in policy anymore because law doesn't matter.
What matters is prosecutorial discretion. What matters is who enforces the hundreds of thousands of pages of the federal register already on the books.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
The problem is that you can point out the consequences and the media will still say "THIS IS THE FAULT OF REPUBLICANS OBSTRUCTING US!"
Think about Obamacare. Not one Republican voted for it and they still get the blame about how bad things are with medical care.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (RjOoY)
they even accept EBT
Posted by: brak at February 19, 2026
They had to scan all the documents in and there are cameras all over the place at our little podunk DMV. I doubt it would be impossible, but it wouldn’t be easy.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 11:42 AM (jc0TO)
Hmm. Doesn't sound good. Stay safe.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
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Nothing in the news yet. Likely IAF strikes in either Lebanon or Syria.
And now, out to dinner with Mrs. BD!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 11:43 AM (UzL96)
‘ In the Rocky Mountains on the Continental Divide. It's supposed to warm up to 31 tomorrow.’
Pretty rugged weather. It probably keeps the candy asses and other riff raff away though.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 11:43 AM (jbnUc)
Huh?
Besides, if one is a commissioned officer, you MUST be a citizen.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 11:43 AM (uKe7i)
We Wuz Wakanda – Wakandan Amelia Parody Song (Happy Ending💜✊
https://youtu.be/-RbhuU_zT-4?list=RD-RbhuU_zT-4
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (lQYPV)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)
I guess that is infered.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 11:42 AM (jc0TO)
Is "turkey baster" a race? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Malia at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (OoFl2)
What if you knew that the cameras didn't work? Or that the take from the cameras was deleted after some short period of time?
All those cameras exist to deter crime by people outside the system, not the ones on the inside.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (OoFl2)
Yes, but who are the cams pointing at. When I've been in government buildings, all those cams are usually pointed at the areas where the visitors are, not at the government employees.
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: Greek To Me at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: 40K voter at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)
- why they want dirty voter rolls -- because that gives them lots of names to use to stuff the votes
- why they want lax ID -- it allows anyone to vote in your name
- why they want mail in -- make it easier
- why they want fewer, bigger, voting stations - allows non-locals to claim what they want.
- why they want centralized count - expands the fraud to rural districts and outside the control of local candidates who might want to check each signature, ballot, etc.
The Dems, mostly in inner city, have turned votes into a commodity. This what we saw in Georgia where these scum had the attitude that it is their right to make the numbers come out as directed. They have all been raised on the idea that they are soldiers fighting for minority justice and that means cheating.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (5LjnF)
They've created an atmosphere of corruption around the whole process that causes normal people to stay at home because they think their vote doesn't count.
Meanwhile, the Dems are happy to vote on behalf of normal people through ballot harvesting and other shady methods
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 11:36 AM (gVUi7)
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Y'all likely know this -- but in case anyone doesn't -- if you have a passport it is a substitute for a Real ID (so getting both is a little redundant, but it might be more convenient to use the Real ID for domestic matters such as flights -- and use the passport for other matters like international travel).
BTW, we're flying to Israel later this year to tour The Holy Land. Before you're allowed to enter Israel, you must apply & be approved for an "ETA-IL (Electronic Travel Authorization for Israel)."
One of the questions on the form was "Is your passport biometric?" Haven't heard of those before ... so looked it up:
"A biometric passport (also known as an electronic passport, e-passport or a digital passport) is a passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor chip, which contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of the passport holder."
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:45 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 11:45 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 11:45 AM (jtM2q)
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GA alone had 300,000 ballots counted with no proof they ever existed.
That's going to be orders of magnitude a larger problem than people lying about who they are and voting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 11:46 AM (RjOoY)
It's really not that hard. All you need is a birth certificate, a head shot photo you can get anywhere and $130 and you get a passport. Easy peasy. In some states you can even get a Real ID at a AAA store and avoid the DMV hassle.
I'm in favor of making voting at least as difficult as it is to buy a gun. If someone can't be bothered to at the very least prove who they are I don't want them voting in elections that can change my life.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (OoFl2)
What if you knew that the cameras didn't work? Or that the take from the cameras was deleted after some short period of time?
All those cameras exist to deter crime by people outside the system, not the ones on the inside.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (ExV1e)
That's why they freak the fuck out and call the cops when a member of the public starts recording, even though there are supposedly security cameras throughout the building already doing that.
Posted by: Cameras for me but not for thee at February 19, 2026 11:47 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 11:47 AM (V6W16)
They've created an atmosphere of corruption around the whole process that causes normal people to stay at home because they think their vote doesn't count.
Meanwhile, the Dems are happy to vote on behalf of normal people through ballot harvesting and other shady methods
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)
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Good points, Perfessor. In fact both points you make are the ultimate in their "precious" -- but, in fact, actual -- voter disenfranchisement.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)
Probably.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)
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All it requires is some effort from leadership to keep the Senate in session and talking for like a week.
There have been mouth sounds about it, but no action, and the drama just keeps dragging out.
This could end with a failed cloture vote and appeals for fundraising, but I don't know.
I still think we're about 40-60 on odds if leadership is actually trying or not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (GBKbO)
I'm not so sure. Thune has been less bad than I thought he would be. Not good, but less bad. If he wants to continue as leader, he'd better get it passed.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)
‘ They have all been raised on the idea that they are soldiers fighting for minority justice and that means cheating.’
For some reason that always means doing something illegal.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (jbnUc)
I'm in favor of making voting at least as difficult as it is to buy a gun. If someone can't be bothered to at the very least prove who they are I don't want them voting in elections that can change my life.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)
In Canada, the passport photo has to be exactly the right size, or it will be rejected.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (8zz6B)
I believe the SAVE act won't be "saved."
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 11:49 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (8zz6B)
Walgreens, at least, does passport photos. I'm sure other places do as well and know what size to make them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:50 AM (ExV1e)
Do not fall for the you need a passport or a marriage license.
ANY
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 11:50 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Clark Gillies at February 19, 2026 11:50 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (OoFl2)
Yes, but who are the cams pointing at. When I've been in government buildings, all those cams are usually pointed at the areas where the visitors are, not at the government employees.
Posted by: No Name Today at February 19, 2026 11:44 AM (8mulE)
I would not swear to it, but it’s both the desks and the outside. Maybe Toby remembers? It’s attached to a courthouse.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:51 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 11:51 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 11:51 AM (uQzkA)
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 11:52 AM (kTyBw)
1. Registration
Ensuring only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office.
(a) Definition of documentary proof of United States citizenship.—Section 3 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20502) is amended—
(1) by striking “As used” and inserting “(a) In general.—As used”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(b) Documentary proof of United States citizenship.—As used in this Act, the term ‘documentary proof of United States citizenship’ means, with respect to an applicant for voter registration, any of the following:
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 11:53 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)
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This is where I come for Battered Conservative Syndrome group therapy.
It has the added benefit of some very entertaining writing, thoughts, and laughs ... so it's got that going for it, which is nice.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 11:53 AM (5FL4d)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (GBKbO)
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That "if" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Like Atlas-level lifting. I don't see how SAVE gets past the filibuster, as the filibuster is currently implemented.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 11:51 AM (uQzkA)
And were they removed from the voting rolls?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:53 AM (ExV1e)
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She's not in office. Her last year was 2021. A Republican women holds the office now.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 19, 2026 11:53 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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This is an important, and overlooked point.
Our systems were designed such that local elections had close oversight by local candidates. Those candidates made sure the local counts were legit -- city offices. They needed the party to provide the ground troops to be watchers at every polling station.
Those local counts were public. They were passed up in a hierarchical manner to the city, county, state, and at every level there were watchers and local news reporters. Newspapers had young reporters at the polling stations reporting the count so the local candidates, party, and news all double checked what the officials reported.
This was done this way because you can transfer a dozen numbers (the local count) reliably and publicly. Now we send the ballots to a central spot to count and anyone and inject whatever they want and corrupt it all. That was impossible with local counting and there, a corrupt (pixy l..
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)
No. Just to busty lesbian pron.
Posted by: This is the way at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
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Well, easy, really.
The cloture vote is an endrun around the filibuster, not the filibuster itself. It's a vote to end debate before everyone has spoken.
Force the actual debate, and no cloture vote is needed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:41 AM (OoFl2)
What if you knew that the cameras didn't work? Or that the take from the cameras was deleted after some short period of time?
All those cameras exist to deter crime by people outside the system, not the ones on the inside.
Posted by: I used to have a different
Don’t forget I live in the reddest county of Alabama, so it may not be reflective of what goes on outside of my bubble.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (Wmg4n)
Polls consistently show something like 85% of the country want our elections more secure. Forget any single bill, do you really think this is an issue that will just go away?
I was told, endlessly, Trump could never win another term. Never say never, this issue is not going away until it is fixed.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: nckate at February 19, 2026 11:55 AM (uQzkA)
It is usually gold or black
cali had a Bear
Posted by: r hennigantx
Have both the star and the new "see thru Texas emblem" on my DL.
The see thru emblem has my micro-picture and some other writing on it.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 11:55 AM (SD6jB)
We supposedly keep the filibuster to act as a cooling saucer from the lunatic excursions of the House. Okay, but what could be more important than the integrity of the vote? This is the thing for which we needed to keep our powder dry. Thune had better understand that we mean business on this.
The filibuster is NOT more important than the votes of the citizenry.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:56 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM (Wmg4n)
It's also possible that the attitudes of government employees do not match the attitudes of the electorate at large.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Dantes at February 19, 2026 11:57 AM (6KVNP)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 11:57 AM (5LjnF)
Posted by: Sponge
Communicates by blinking now, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
Taps his hooves on the floor.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 19, 2026 11:57 AM (5xuJ/)
@amuse
DEI: Why did Washington DC hire David Gadis after he lied to Flint residents that their water was safe to drink despite knowing it was contaminated with lead? Diversity, plain and simple. When he got to DC Water he fired all of the white male executives and replaced them with less experienced people of color. Now DC is facing the largest sewage spill in our nation's history.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:59 AM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Sponge
Communicates by blinking now, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
Taps his hooves on the floor.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 19, 2026 11:57 AM (5xuJ/)
Blinky light on the front of his transport unit. The Star Trek documentary demonstrated that this is the most advanced that invalid communications will ever achieve.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)
@amuse
DEI: Why did Washington DC hire David Gadis after he lied to Flint residents that their water was safe to drink despite knowing it was contaminated with lead? Diversity, plain and simple. When he got to DC Water he fired all of the white male executives and replaced them with less experienced people of color. Now DC is facing the largest sewage spill in our nation's history.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 11:59 AM (TN0g+)
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Because the Democrat Party is a patronage scheme for otherwise unhirable malcontents?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 11:59 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)
We Wuz Wakanda – Wakandan Amelia Parody Song (Happy Ending💜✊
https://youtu.be/-RbhuU_zT-4?list=RD-RbhuU_zT-4
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
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F'N GENIUS!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 12:01 PM (ESVrU)
𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎
@NiohBerg
1 USD = 1,637,000 Iranian Rials
Khomeini's face fittingly represents the most worthless currency on planet Earth.
All of Africa has stronger currencies than Iran.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 12:01 PM (TN0g+)
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuter
I am awaiting the day when such a portal is created for the US
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:01 PM (rbvCR)
"Less experienced" is a funny way of saying "completely unqualified".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)
But if the Rethuglikkans require proof of citizenship to vote millions of people won't be able to vote!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 12:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 19, 2026 12:02 PM (q4vBG)
But don't you dare have ICE anywhere near a voting place.
Posted by: Abigail Spanberger at February 19, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)
This is the terrifying part of the Bill. California, Minnisomalia and other Communist states will provide "vouching" as a form of "alternative" documentation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 19, 2026 12:03 PM (U4c/V)
sorry to blackpill
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 12:04 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m
F^ck. In Oregon that means I would have to provide thumb prints and have the polling place call the state police and wait for them to get their thumbs out of their asses to call the polling station back to say I can legally vote, and that can mean a wait of half a day if the call volume is high
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 19, 2026 12:04 PM (BCuCF)
‘‘(1) PRESENTING PROOF OF UNITED STATES
16 CITIZENSHIP TO ELECTION OFFICIAL.—An applicant
17 who submits the mail voter registration application
18 form prescribed by the Election Assistance Commis19 sion pursuant to section 9(a)(2) or a form described
20 in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall not
21 be registered to vote in an election for Federal office
22 unless—
23 ‘‘(A) the applicant presents documentary
24 proof of United States citizenship in person to
25 the office of the appropriate election official not
9
1 later than the deadline provided by State law
2 for the receipt of a completed voter registration
3 application for the election; or
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 12:04 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Yes, that worries me as well.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)
sorry to blackpill
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 12:04 PM (V6W16)
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The pattern is: district judge orders a TRO. 14 days pass of frantic commentary. The district judge orders an injunction. The admin responds with an appeal, and the appeals court sides with the admin. Then, months later, the suit is won by the admin and no one notices.
It's just gotten faster the deeper into the second Trump administration because most district court judges aren't falling for it anymore, all of the appeals courts are sick of it, and SCOTUS keeps slapping everyone around when it does get to them.
So, yes, some Maryland District Judge will try to stop it. It won't last more than a month, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Introduce a bill to require exactly the same ID requirements and waiting periods for voting as for guns and make it tied to each state.
Make the left come out and say that this will deny millions of people the vote and then explain it doesn't impact people RKBA.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I only get asked for DNA samples from attractive women.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 12:06 PM (aapWt)
Every time I tried Grok, I got a response that said it was under heavy usage and to try back later.
Every time, no matter the day of the week or time of day.
After about a dozen attempts over a couple of weeks, I gave up going there.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 12:07 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (8zz6B)
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Same here. And the head/face has to be of a specific size within the photo.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 12:07 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 11:54 AM
I had to look it up, Baldwin is only the 17th most Republican county in Alabama based on voting in the last 4 elections.
https://tinyurl.com/3xrpzpam
I would have figured us ranking higher.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 12:07 PM (jc0TO)
The see thru emblem has my micro-picture and some other writing on it.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 11:55 AM (SD6jB)
It should be your DOB in mirror as that was on the spec requirement when I was bidding the project 5 years ago.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 12:08 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 12:08 PM (j6kTf)
sorry to blackpill
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 12:04 PM (V6W16)
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And that judge would be over ruled on appeal in about a week. It's right there in the constitution that congress can regulate federal elections through law.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 12:08 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 12:08 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: JackStraw
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First guns I bought, I needed two letters of recommendation from people who were well known and respected in the community, a letter explaining my need, approval by Chief of PD, FBI check, Mental health records check, fingerprints.... and a whole bunch of money orders.
NJ
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 19, 2026 12:08 PM (5LjnF)
Every time, no matter the day of the week or time of day.
After about a dozen attempts over a couple of weeks, I gave up going there.
I've not had that problem at all. I guess they know how important I am.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2026 12:08 PM (2UnvF)
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Any injunction would probably be along the lines of "poll tax" or something, not Congress's ability to regulate federal elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Dantes at February 19, 2026 11:57 AM (6KVNP)
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There's a conservative commentator named Ari Hahn who does man-on-the-street interviews -- mostly on college campuses but sometimes in cities.
He did this a few years back in some blue shithole city asking blacks if they had ID, knew anybody who didn't, and if they knew where the local DMV was located. Most were of course offended ... as they should be.
He then asked whites if they thought blacks had difficulty obtaining ID and didn't know where their local DMVs were. Of course, most of them said "Yes."
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (5FL4d)
"BREAKING: Senator Lindsey Graham, in an interview with Sky News Arabia: "The US decision regarding Iran has already been made. The ships are not arriving in the area only because the weather is pleasant at this time of year”
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) February 19, 2026"
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (V6W16)
A U.S. passport card is a wallet-sized travel document that allows U.S. citizens to re-enter the country at land borders and sea ports from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and some Caribbean countries, but it cannot be used for international air travel.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (kgE5c)
"BREAKING: Senator Lindsey Graham, in an interview with Sky News Arabia: "The US decision regarding Iran has already been made. The ships are not arriving in the area only because the weather is pleasant at this time of year”
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) February 19, 2026"
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 19, 2026 12:10 PM (V6W16)
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Eh. Jawboning has its uses, and Graham doesn't actually affect any policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
You can get a passport photo taken at places like CVS or a UPS store. Seriously, getting a passport is stupid easy.
Now getting a visa for places like Brazil, thats a pain in the ass.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Dantes at February 19, 2026 11:57 AM (6KVNP)
I could sit around and cower
as if I had no power
I'm just republican in name
and my ass I'll be a scratching
while dem plans are a hatching
'cause I got no fucking brain
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)
Just keep their clothes on!
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (nZWpe)
In Canada, the passport photo has to be exactly the right size, or it will be rejected.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:48 AM (8zz6B)
Went through that 35 years ago when I got a maroon US passport for official business during my Army days. Someone from our division G1 screwed up the photos and made them the wrong size for the entire battalion. We had to get new photos for everyone when State rejected them.
Then when we landed in Egypt, we all had Gyppo entry forms filled out for their border guards, but they were xeroxed copies and were rejected. Two of us guys from the S3 section had to go down to the border police station and re-copy (by hand) about 300 docs onto the actual Egyptian forms, which were obviously mimeographed. As if that made a difference.
The Gyppo cops were surprisingly nice guys, for mohammedans. They offered us Cokes, tea or coffee while we worked. I took the coffee, which was my first time with middle eastern style coffee. They got a kick out of watching me take my first sip and getting that first caffeine slam.
Bureaucratic bullshit appears to be one of the most common human traits.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2026 12:13 PM (kTyBw)
Every time, no matter the day of the week or time of day.
After about a dozen attempts over a couple of weeks, I gave up going there.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 12:07 PM (Y1sOo)
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I believe this may happen if you're using a VPN and the IP is blacklisted/blocked (likely owing to past Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS attacks).
Also, I believe you have to have created an account before you can use it; but I agree, it's fantastic as a search engine if you phrase the prompt properly -- but don't start asking it for advice or anything of that nature (it's creepy how it tells you what you want to hear) ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (5FL4d)
Pretty wide split between Baldwin and Escambia (AL) and they are right next to each other. That seems weird.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
Mark Levin is spending his time ranting about the fact that Trump has not started carpet bombing. It must be horrible to lust for death like that.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (wj6F+)
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m)
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Russia and China too. Lots of $$$ plus the Russian one comes with so many warnings that it scares the crap out of you and changes your plans. Now if you're on a river cruise or other group travel, it's easier.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 12:14 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m)
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There are apps that do it too for even less money.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 12:16 PM (3ImbR)
With just the beat of my heart
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: r hennigantx
It does. Along with some really micro writing that I couldn't even tell with a magnifying glass.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (SD6jB)
Now getting a visa for places like Brazil, thats a pain in the ass.
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m)
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It does however take time. Several weeks at least.
Posted by: WisRich at February 19, 2026 12:20 PM (G0vdT)
as if I had no power
I'm just republican in name
and my ass I'll be a scratching
while dem plans are a hatching
'cause I got no fucking brain
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 12:12 PM (snZF9)
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* golf clap and cue the "Wizard of Oz" tune, only this time to slash metal music! *
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 19, 2026 12:21 PM (5FL4d)
I disagree. It should also keep out the dead and the imaginary. It's effective against more than illegal aliens.
Posted by: GWB at February 19, 2026 12:25 PM (02Em6)
Posted by: Don Black. Pedants, take notice. at February 19, 2026 12:17 PM (ZxPkt)
And my passing interest in the Bears will end as a result. OTOH, can't wait to see what the Bears end up doing with the land they bought as their original stadium site.
Posted by: Octochicken at February 19, 2026 12:27 PM (oCS0o)
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This is happening everywhere. Atlanta Braves moved out of Atlanta. Dittoes 49ers out of SF. The Rams were only good in St. Louis not LA. The Oilers are in TN. But for some reason the NY Jets are still there.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 12:41 PM (pZ64F)
And cute they think we would spend money on building camps after the trillions they have wasted. Fuck that, they can start digging wherever.
Posted by: heya at February 19, 2026 12:45 PM (ilNpL)
My error. That's what I get for trusting search results.
Posted by: mindful webworker - artisanally intellergint at February 19, 2026 01:08 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drogo Bird at February 19, 2026 05:36 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: TJ jackson at February 19, 2026 11:16 PM (bXvrr)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Two Men Contemplating the Moon
Caspar David Friedrich This is the artist's third version of this scene...supposedly one of the men is Friedrich himself.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 09:30 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 09:30 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:31 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)
Nevertheless, me likey. Very atmospheric.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (SD6jB)
"Honestly, honey. He and I are just good friends, contemplating the moon."
Posted by: red speck at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: dantesed at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 19, 2026 09:33 AM (BHrzb)
Posted by: red speck at February 19, 2026 09:34 AM (Ve/HL)
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*running back and forth from position in the scene to behind the canvas*
"I'm just not seeing it."
-Friedrich
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:34 AM (GBKbO)
“ 'Hang him high or hang him low!
But never return ‘til the day I learn
He’s gone in flames below --
Or you’ll hang with the great Scarecrow!' ”
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ed Gein at February 19, 2026 09:34 AM (ZIUKB)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:35 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 19, 2026 09:35 AM (k46fF)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:35 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don Black. Release the pedants! at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:31 AM (tj6OY)
*******
All it needs is the Headless Horseman.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:38 AM (pDt9x)
What's that you say, Dr. Rorschach?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 19, 2026 09:39 AM (BHrzb)
Like the simple colors . Would hang.
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 09:40 AM (Kc+Vz)
People talk about how bad we are
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a Town Without Pity can do
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 09:40 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 09:40 AM (Dyyic)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 09:41 AM (parpR)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Muhammed at February 19, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 09:40 AM (Dyyic)
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What? The lupins???
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 09:41 AM (parpR)
And the two men seem to be contemplating an eclipse.
The 1824 version with a man and a woman is better lit, and appears to show the two of them contemplating twin suns!
Still, I like it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piggly Wiggly at February 19, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
Are you gonna gibbous some moon puns?
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)
Seems to be a thing with painters. Should have learned a trade, like, oh, roofing, or barista.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:42 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 09:43 AM (xG4kz)
People talk about how bad we are
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a Town Without Pity can do
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026
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The Gene Pitney version would make good music for a stripper.
The Herb Alpert instrumental version is fast and exciting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 09:43 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2026 09:43 AM (LHPAg)
Title: Two Men Contemplating the Moon
Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden)
Date: ca. 1825–30
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Wrightsman Fund, 2000
Object Number: 2000.51
Curatorial Department: European Paintings
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:44 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)
He was German, not French. So at least he didn't die of syphilis.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Loper Originals at February 19, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)
Looks like the Patrick McGoohan Scarecrow of Romney Marsh TV series!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
You know what was in that marsh, don't you?
That's right -- binders full of women.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 09:44 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 09:45 AM (UBWwW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 09:46 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: pawn at February 19, 2026 09:46 AM (+rKuc)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:46 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Don Loper Originals
Cloak, I'd say.
But what that guy on the right really needs is a muff, like yesterday's gal.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026
***
Moon Pies must have changed since I was a kid. I had one recently, and it was dry and awful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)
See that's what I am talking about!
Posted by: Some tranny surgeon at February 19, 2026 09:47 AM (sKqQm)
I don't think I would trust a man who wears a cape.
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 09:47 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 09:47 AM (gVUi7)
I know it's a running joke on this thread, but dang, why must every same-sex relationship be assumed to be sexual? Hate how much the Pride movement has poisoned normal relationships.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:47 AM (tj6OY)
Whenever I see one of those German "romanticist" style painters gazing out over a pristine landscape, I cannot help but imagine them thinking, "A camp for malcontents and untermenschen would fit in there reaaaallly well. Some day ... some day ..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 09:48 AM (xG4kz)
Conversation bubble “ only 24 days until the full moon, master”.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM
Conversation bubble: You are mistaken, Percival. He quite clearly says "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 19, 2026 09:48 AM (tljrc)
That spells MOON!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:48 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
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Once they went triple deck they sucked.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 09:48 AM (pZ64F)
You cannot read a leftwing take on say the Lord of the Rings because they are going to tell you Sam and Frodo were gay.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
Moon Pies must have changed since I was a kid. I had one recently, and it was dry and awful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
They are awful! But I think they have always been awful.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 09:50 AM (Wmg4n)
Did old towns always have a spot in the woods couples would sneak off to? Did they sometimes have to wait their turn?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:50 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 09:50 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Pamazon at February 19, 2026 09:50 AM (b5MGU)
Going to be mighty chilly on the water.
Happy Thursday!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 09:50 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
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They are awful! But I think they have always been awful.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026
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Gimme a Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie anytime.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
They are awful! But I think they have always been awful.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 09:50 AM (Wmg4n)
They started adding kale.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:51 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Some famous book at February 19, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2026 09:51 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Full Of Hot Air at February 19, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)
"That's 'Guvnor Mountbatten-Windsor' to you, Squire. You may proceed..."
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 09:52 AM (UBWwW)
Wouldn't you want a tubby older baker male or female? I mean...that's what you want to see when you go into an actual bakery isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)
All the "'shippers" writing fanfic about their favorite tv/movie/book characters - ugh! The show Supernatural mocked it in an episode where fans 'shipped romance between the two *brothers*.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:52 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Lizzy
Because several of the “men” here are closeted homosexuals.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 09:52 AM (A5RD0)
I live in an area where I can get away from light pollution and the difference in the night sky is incredible.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wally at February 19, 2026 09:53 AM (0e5Te)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:53 AM (3amNb)
Posted by: Some famous book
There was a Halloween parody version of that called "Goodnight Goon." Used to read it to my son when he was little.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
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*cracks knuckles and neck*
"The Lord of the Rings is a monarchal, retrograde look at the obsession of aristocracy in forcing the yeomanry into doing their bidding. It is the story of rich people bickering over jewelry while the loyal, misguided servant follows his aristocratic master around, willing to toss aside his whole life on the whims of a trash run that could easily have been accomplished by natural flight from the might eagle. Samwise's journey is a tragic one, one where he must restrain his own individuality in favor of the desires and power games of a literal angel of the Spaghetti Monster in the Sky as he manipulates a lower noble, Frodo, into his fight with another fallen angel from the Spaghetti Monster in the Sky. Also, Sam and Frodo definitely bone."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:53 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 09:53 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 09:52 AM
They must be dragged from their closets, the faces wet with tears and red with shame.
Posted by: Lindsay Graham at February 19, 2026 09:54 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:51 AM
They ain't much better. And I got a box in the cabinet.
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2026 09:54 AM (LHPAg)
There was a Halloween parody version of that called "Goodnight Goon." Used to read it to my son when he was little.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026
Good night monster under the bed.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 09:54 AM (Wmg4n)
Wouldn't you want a tubby older baker male or female? I mean...that's what you want to see when you go into an actual bakery isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026
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Little Debbie dates back to the days of Shirley Temple as a child actress, and maybe they were capitalizing on that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
Are you gonna gibbous some moon puns?
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)
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I'm not going to crater to your every whim.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 09:54 AM (parpR)
Moon Pies
If they were moist and tasty at one time, those times are long gone. Pass.
Anyway, that Moon is a little too far past just coming out of the New Moon phase to have the dark side showing up all by its lonesome. I'm going with Earthshine for the source of the dark portion's illumination.
But, what do I know?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 09:54 AM (xG4kz)
Eh, think it's more about being so marinated in our current freaky culture that even our jokes conform to it?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:55 AM (tj6OY)
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Your dog will eat anything.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 09:55 AM (pZ64F)
Our old shih tzu loved blueberries, sliced apples, and watermelon...
Descended from wolves my arse...
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:55 AM (3amNb)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 09:55 AM (Wmg4n)
I like it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 19, 2026 09:56 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:53 AM (GBKbO)
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What about Captain Kirk?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:56 AM (cGjQu)
We loved "Good Night, Gorilla."
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:56 AM (tj6OY)
Sir Mix-A-Lot would approve.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 09:57 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
I am apolloed at this response.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:57 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Tuna
Elon Musk's right wing Christian nationalism hate propaganda tweet evokes an interesting discussion of the camel through the eye of a needle issue. (A problem I shall not have.)
https://is.gd/wzQZFa
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 09:57 AM (FXNzP)
The Oatmeal Snack Cake was the original offering.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)
Samwise's journey is a tragic one, one where he must restrain his own individuality in favor of the desires and power games of a literal angel of the Spaghetti Monster in the Sky as he manipulates a lower noble, Frodo, into his fight with another fallen angel from the Spaghetti Monster in the Sky. Also, Sam and Frodo definitely bone."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Whatever happened to the poster who signed off here as being something like "your college student offspring's (some discipline) professor who is well steeped in intersectionality"?
I wish that I could recall the exact nickname that was used.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 09:58 AM (xG4kz)
"The Lord of the Rings is a monarchal, retrograde look at the obsession of aristocracy in forcing the yeomanry into doing their bidding...
When I was young I played D&D and remember D&D is *greatly* though not solely inspired by LotR.
Recently I picked up a Pathfinder videogame (which is basically D&D) and...wow did people destroy D&D in the 20+ years I wasn't playing it. Not so much the mechanics, I'm more or less ambivalent there, but they went from a world that was like LotR or Lankhmar to some weird woke thing with gay tiefling bards seducing orc bartenders and crap like that.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:58 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 09:52 AM
Jokes on you, nurse! There are no closets in my home only armoires!
Posted by: The Great, Grand Poof! at February 19, 2026 09:58 AM (oftw2)
I wish that I could recall the exact nickname that was used.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 09:58 AM (xG4kz)
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That's one of Joe Mannix's things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:59 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
It was "Your Kid's ______." It was a Joe Mannix shtick.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
I am apolloed at this response.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)
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It's your fault. You've brought out the lunartic in me - my dark side.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 09:59 AM (parpR)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 09:59 AM (xG4kz)
Recently I picked up a Pathfinder videogame (which is basically D&D) and...wow did people destroy D&D in the 20+ years I wasn't playing it. Not so much the mechanics, I'm more or less ambivalent there, but they went from a world that was like LotR or Lankhmar to some weird woke thing with gay tiefling bards seducing orc bartenders and crap like that.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:58 AM (sKqQm)
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I'm reading Paradise Lost, and it feels like The Silmarillion.
I suspect that Tolkien hated Paradise Lost because of Milton's Protestantism, but the similarities in feel and scope and character are just too...on the nose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:00 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Piper
Mrs. Wrecks contends this proves Trump is guilty. I don't know. Must be calculus or something.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:00 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:01 AM (tj6OY)
The Oatmeal Snack Cake was the original offering.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
I like the chocolate Swiss Rolls.
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 10:01 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 10:02 AM (pZ64F)
But it will be interesting if it stops there because one can slightly modify the "there were no Epstein clients" argument to say well, outside of Jeffrey, Ghislane, and Andrew.
But...that seems a weird addition. I get Ghislane because she was a sex partner for Epstein himself but if he was hooking up one of his associates with underage sex then the odds he was hooking many of them up are very very high.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:02 AM (sKqQm)
But it will be interesting if it stops there because one can slightly modify the "there were no Epstein clients" argument to say well, outside of Jeffrey, Ghislane, and Andrew.
But...that seems a weird addition. I get Ghislane because she was a sex partner for Epstein himself but if he was hooking up one of his associates with underage sex then the odds he was hooking many of them up are very very high.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:02 AM (sKqQm)
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Wasn't Giuffrie of legal age in that picture of Andrew?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:02 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Piper
>They're discussing whether the moon is made of edam or Allgäuer Bergkäse.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 10:03 AM (gVUi7)
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Your dog will eat anything.
Posted by: pudinhead at February
My dog is so spoiled, it’s almost embarrassing. He gets homemade food and his breakfast today, in addition to his meat, included yogurt and blueberries.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 10:03 AM (Wmg4n)
The Oatmeal Snack Cake was the original offering.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Little Debbie is now Big Deborah. You can even get t-shirts with chubby Deborah on it.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 10:03 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I've heard Paradise Lost called the work of sci-fi.
Fun fact: Milton was an Arian. So that might have been Tolkein's issue with him, rather than Protestantism. Don't know if the Arianism is reflected in PL or not.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
And then he starts naming names.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 10:04 AM (SD6jB)
I think in the famous picture she's 17. I'm going to guess that might be above the formal age of consent in Britain BUT that much like in the US there are other charges for an adult having sex with someone below 18 even if it is above the age of consent.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)
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He likes yogurt?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 10:05 AM (pZ64F)
Fun fact: Milton was an Arian. So that might have been Tolkein's issue with him, rather than Protestantism. Don't know if the Arianism is reflected in PL or not.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
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God has a discussion with the Son of God about what's going to happen with Adam in Book 3.
Making it rather explicit that the Son of God and God are separate beings, a conscious rejection of the Trinity.
I imagine Tolkien had to read Paradise Lost at least in prep for his college work, so he was definitely exposed to it. However, the theology of it probably rubbed him real wrong which stands in contrast to his Norse legends that he loved so much which just have a completely different theology.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:06 AM (GBKbO)
That's one of Joe Mannix's things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
It was a good one. Funny, too.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:06 AM (xG4kz)
I think in the famous picture she's 17. I'm going to guess that might be above the formal age of consent in Britain BUT that much like in the US there are other charges for an adult having sex with someone below 18 even if it is above the age of consent.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)
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That's a far cry from "pedo sex ring".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:06 AM (GBKbO)
Senator Tim Kaine
@SenTimKaine
Starting this Ash Wednesday, I’m going to read a chapter of Exodus a day for the 40 days of Lent. I’d welcome all who are interested to join me in reading Exodus and reflecting on this meaningful story of liberation, freedom, and immigration.
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Well, Timbo, about those prohibitions on killing babies and bearing false witness . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:06 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2026 10:07 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 10:07 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 10:03 AM
Venezuelan Beaver Cheese.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 10:07 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Piper
Let's see if he keeps his mouth shut or if Charles abdicates due to "health concerns and to spend more time with my family".
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2026 10:07 AM (UBWwW)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:07 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:08 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Piper
He's gonna need to go to an exercise studio if he gets too fat from all the food.
Oh, wait...
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)
We loved "Good Night, Gorilla."
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:56 AM (tj6OY)
"Go The Fuck To Sleep"
-LaVar Burton
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 19, 2026 10:09 AM (PSEDc)
Posted by: pudinhead
My dog loves to lick the inside of my yogurt cartons
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This sounds sexual.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 10:09 AM (pZ64F)
Senator Tim Kaine
@SenTimKaine
Starting this Ash Wednesday, I’m going to read a chapter of Exodus a day for the 40 days of Lent. I’d welcome all who are interested to join me in reading Exodus and reflecting on this meaningful story of liberation, freedom, and immigration.
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Well, Timbo, about those prohibitions on killing babies and bearing false witness . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:06 AM
What a coincidence. ICE appears to be reading from Exodus as well.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 10:09 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 10:09 AM (Wnv9h)
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Exodus is about Israel going home from a nation that wasn't theirs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:09 AM (GBKbO)
@SenTimKaine
Starting this Ash Wednesday, I’m going to read a chapter of Exodus a day for the 40 days of Lent. I’d welcome all who are interested to join me in reading Exodus and reflecting on this meaningful story of liberation, freedom, and immigration.
- - -
Last week, we had Obama and Hillary talking about immigration control, this week we have Kaine wanting to lead Bible study.
DANG, the polling has got to be bad.
Reminder: Kaine's antifa son was arrested protesting Trump: https://tinyurl.com/3wwtzps7
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:10 AM (tj6OY)
My specific argument here is that if Epstein and Ghislane ALONE were having sex with a group of young girls, I can buy that he was just satisfying his own twisted desires. But the second he was sharing underage girls with anyone else then yes it provides a strong suspicion that he was proving underage sex to a larger group of people.
Or to look at it the other way why share with Andrew and Andrew alone?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)
High tide and blustery winds are crashing salt water over the sea wall and onto the street. Whoofreakinghoo! Storms are awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:11 AM (qO9hU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:11 AM (FXNzP)
Prince Andrew arrested for 'misconduct while in office'
"We found some very, very naughty doodles on public documents that were known to have last been in his possession."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:11 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 10:07 AM
Not today, sir, no.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (Wnv9h)
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Which chapter covers showing up uninvited, and demanding accommodation without assimilation?
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (GPjKT)
Making it rather explicit that the Son of God and God are separate beings, a conscious rejection of the Trinity.
I did not know that. I've learned something today.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)
DANG, the polling has got to be bad.
Reminder: Kaine's antifa son was arrested protesting Trump: https://tinyurl.com/3wwtzps7
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:10 AM (tj6OY)
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The best pollsters are showing a D+3 environment, at worst.
The 2018 midterms election results, which everyone seems to be expecting this year (when the GOP gained 2 Senate seats), was D+9.
And we have another 9 months of reduced crime, lowered inflation levels, increased wage growth, and further downward pressures on other price points (like insurance) to come. Plus, the DOJ suing blue states to clean up voter rolls.
We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)
Sounds like the sea is angry today.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)
My specific argument here is that if Epstein and Ghislane ALONE were having sex with a group of young girls, I can buy that he was just satisfying his own twisted desires. But the second he was sharing underage girls with anyone else then yes it provides a strong suspicion that he was proving underage sex to a larger group of people.
Or to look at it the other way why share with Andrew and Andrew alone?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)
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Giuffrie wasn't under age.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)
@SenTimKaine
Starting this Ash Wednesday, I’m going to read a chapter of Exodus a day for the 40 days of Lent. I’d welcome all who are interested to join me in reading Exodus and reflecting on this meaningful story of liberation, freedom, and immigration.
Going somewhere, are we, Timmuh?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:13 AM (xG4kz)
I am going to have to drive over there.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 19, 2026 10:13 AM (jc0TO)
Making it rather explicit that the Son of God and God are separate beings, a conscious rejection of the Trinity.
I did not know that. I've learned something today.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)
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Not bad for an illiterate, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:13 AM (GBKbO)
Huh.
Still weird behavior. Really weird.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:13 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:11 AM (FXNzP)
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Prince Andrew arrested for 'misconduct while in office'
"We found some very, very naughty doodles on public documents that were known to have last been in his possession."
If it hasn't already been mentioned, he's being investigated for turning over confidential British government financial documents to Epstein.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)
Along these lines in the Epstein emails there are a lot of people doing favors for and asking favors from Epstein. I suspect if motivated Bondi and state AGs could make a fair number of arrests for simple corruption and non-sexual misconduct if they want to...though this would cause a media reaction of "you can't arrest people for that, everyone does it!" sort of as we found out with mortgage fraud and our elites.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:11 AM
I love driving around the beach on Cape Ann when it's stormy. Impressive surf on the rocks.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 10:14 AM (Wnv9h)
Basically, he was a spy.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 10:15 AM (5rh/l)
OMG, yesssss!!
Long walk on Good Harbor beach with the waves crashing down. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t)
Huh.
Still weird behavior. Really weird.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:13 AM (tj6OY)
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Do read the rest. D+3 is effectively an even environment. With the population imbalances and gerrymandering, Democrats need at least a D+3 to have a shot at winning the House. A shot. If the VRA is curtailed and a handful of Southern states redraw their maps even partially before November, it goes up to at least D+4. After 2026, when more states do the redraw, it's probably D+6.
And Senate races drive up turnout in the states that have them to presidential levels, making them more reflective of underlying PVI rather than subject to national swings in turnout differentials endemic to midterm elections.
Essentially, D+3 9 months out, when polls have this tendency of trending GOP in the final month, is really bad.
But, polls aren't reality. We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM (GBKbO)
One word. Turnout, turnout, turnout.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:17 AM (FXNzP)
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As always, the eternally affirmed require constant help.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 10:17 AM (pZ64F)
ICYMI, DC Mayor Bowser has asked Trump to step in and "help" with the sewer tsunami. Naturally, this includes having the rest of us pay for Democrat mismanagement.
Posted by: Archimedes
We are standing by, rested and ready!
-- Water Department of the City of Flint, MI
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:17 AM (xG4kz)
Like I said, there are also laws against sex with a minor even if that minor is above the age of consent. You got me to google it and Britain ALSO has "corrupting a minor" laws that ban, for example, "to make arrangements to meet a child (under 1
with the intention of sexually abusing them,"
Now how well are those laws enforced? No idea. But he all but admitted to doing this.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Eromero
"Quick! To the Bat Ox Cart!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:08 AM
Let us reflect on how the Batman epic, like all good epics, is a microcosm of life on Earth:
Bats = Good
Penguins = Bad, Perverted, & Evil
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 10:17 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: cmeat at February 19, 2026 10:18 AM (R11M+)
Hey brits - we already know you're broke.
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:18 AM (3amNb)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)
Andrew outwitted him. It takes a subtle genius to come across as that dim.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 10:18 AM (ExV1e)
IMHO, it's the greatest work of poetry in the English language. (At least in Modern English.)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
One word. Turnout, turnout, turnout.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM (5rh/l)
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Two words:
Differential turnout.
Midterms just tend to benefit the party out of power. 90% of all turnout is self-starting behavior. The final 10% is influenced by GOTV efforts.
But, I've always suspected that 2026 wouldn't be that normal because there are background issues being addressed that have been allowed to metastasize over the past 15 years or so. Things like inflated voter rolls (DOJ lawsuits ongoing from the Civil Rights division to address that) in particular. Fed grant money being a major Dem fundraising tool is another.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)
-- Water Department of the City of Flint, MI"
Lead the way....
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:19 AM (3amNb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:02 AM (GBKbO)
He wasn't arrested for sex crimes. It was for leaking a confidential Brit Government report to an agent of Chy-nah, facilitated by his Epstein connection, and by some mook recently dropped from Starmer's cabinet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:19 AM (8zz6B)
Like I said, there are also laws against sex with a minor even if that minor is above the age of consent. You got me to google it and Britain ALSO has "corrupting a minor" laws that ban, for example, "to make arrangements to meet a child (under 1 with the intention of sexually abusing them,"
Now how well are those laws enforced? No idea. But he all but admitted to doing this.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)
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Giuffrie most likely helped Epstein secure other women, to be honest.
And, again, a very far cry from pedo sex ring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t)
One of my high school buddies referred to it as The Poo-tomac River. So mad at myself for not coming up with that first.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:19 AM (tceez)
Posted by: Andrew, the royal formerly known as Prince at February 19, 2026 10:20 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 10:21 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:02 AM (GBKbO)
He wasn't arrested for sex crimes. It was for leaking a confidential Brit Government report to an agent of Chy-nah, facilitated by his Epstein connection, and by some mook recently dropped from Starmer's cabinet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:19 AM (8zz6B)
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It is somewhat entertaining that the stupid Epstein scare of him running a pedo sex ring that includes every cultural, government, and financial figure on the planet is really just uncovering rather bland corruption that probably happens everywhere.
That Epstein was turned into such a boogeyman is bringing some minor bits of justice to the world of corruption we call geopolitics is a salve to some degree.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:21 AM (GBKbO)
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At least they got the damn white men out!
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
DC Water's Manager David Gadis:
"We had too many white men in charge"
"The executives should reflect the city"
(And shouldn't that be "tsewer tsunami"?)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:22 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Doof
It's a weird linguistic coincidence that "Potomac," which comes from a local Indian language, resembles "potamos," the Greek word for "river."
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 10:23 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:23 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
Greek ? So the River Stinks ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 10:23 AM (VE6XX)
The FNM will argue it is the fault of the nearest Republican, not the actual bureaucrats or the politicians that appointed them
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2026 10:24 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
Well I never.
Posted by: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings at February 19, 2026 10:24 AM (3+0K7)
Posted by: Archimedes
Well, Trump is already trying to clean up DC.
Or are you talking about that broken sewer line?
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
My favorite time of year to be on the coast is during winter storm season. There’s a bunch of cabins built up on the cliffs that overlook the ocean that o go to occasionally. The power goes out regularly, but there’s candles and a wood burning fireplace and gas appliances. No tv. Reception for cellphones is spotty at best. It’s awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:24 AM (vk47u)
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Jackson, MS, wants to have words with you.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 10:25 AM (pZ64F)
Along with maize.
/ why do you ask, two dogs fvcking?
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:25 AM (cGjQu)
And, again, a very far cry from pedo sex ring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)
It was a Lulti-Level Monging scheme.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:26 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: River Otters at February 19, 2026 10:27 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)
Shh... no matter how many times you say it, they won't hear it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 10:27 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:28 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:28 AM (hcp+B)
Along with maize.
/ why do you ask, two dogs fvcking?
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:25 AM (cGjQu)
MaizeSoda was a bad kemosabe.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:28 AM (tceez)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 10:28 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 19, 2026 10:30 AM (fYhK6)
Don Lemon says people in the Minnesota church he entered didn’t believe he was a journalist because he’s black
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:30 AM (FXNzP)
@EndWokeness
DC Water's Manager David Gadis:
"We had too many white men in charge"
"The executives should reflect the city"
Well, 'mission accomplished' then! Yay, you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 19, 2026 10:30 AM (xG4kz)
Don Lemon says people in the Minnesota church he entered didn’t believe he was a journalist because he’s black
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:30 AM (FXNzP)
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I bet he thought he was famous.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 10:30 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 10:31 AM (vk47u)
Massive surf. I've got hundreds of photos from there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 10:31 AM (jtM2q)
That's kind of the understanding, no?
But there's always someone who has to exceed the speed limit because laws are for the little people.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 10:32 AM (gVUi7)
Don Lemon says people in the Minnesota church he entered didn’t believe he was a journalist because he’s black
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:30 AM (FXNzP)
They're right.. He is no journalist.. But not because he's black
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 10:32 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:32 AM (cGjQu)
My BIL saw it years ago. He had stage 4 cancer, moved him and his wife to Indiana as she could never afford to stay in Illinois on her salary alone after he passed away. (Their property taxes went from $16K a year to $1K, and this was nearly 15 years ago!)
Posted by: Ann at February 19, 2026 10:32 AM (w9jrX)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 10:33 AM (sSmN4)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 10:05 AM (pZ64F)
~~~~~
Mix a quart of plain yogurt with a cup of peanut butter and freeze it in portions in non-stick muffin tins. They love it, and it's better for them than ice cream.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 10:33 AM (3ImbR)
Shut yo mouf..
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:32 AM (cGjQu)
Ain't talkin' 'bout Shaft!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 10:33 AM (+YA9H)
One wonders if this could become a mini-Katrina moment for the Dems. It really does put a spotlight on their feckless incompetence.
@EndWokeness
DC Water's Manager David Gadis:
"We had too many white men in charge"
"The executives should reflect the city"
You mean a DEI bureaucrat with absolutely no engineering chops shouldn't be put in charge of an entire region's most fundamental engineering responsibility? Shut your ass! Literally.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:33 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
I believe Muldoon writes in Modern English.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:34 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I remember drinking with my Navy buddies on the rocks one night when the waves were crashing against them. Looking back, it's lucky none of us got swept into the ocean.
Damn, I loved the Monterey Peninsula. Heaven on earth.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)
He wasn't arrested for sex crimes. It was for leaking a confidential Brit Government report to an agent of Chy-nah, facilitated by his Epstein connection, and by some mook recently dropped from Starmer's cabinet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19
And King Charles wasn’t told in advance.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 10:34 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 10:35 AM (VE6XX)
Current shih tzu won't touch anything cold/chilled. Strange little doggy...
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:35 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:33 AM
To be fair, this would solve a multitude of sewage system issues.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 19, 2026 10:35 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 10:36 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:36 AM (3amNb)
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 10:36 AM
You know they stole it from us, right?
Posted by: Rev. Al S. at February 19, 2026 10:37 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bud Norton at February 19, 2026 10:37 AM (/8Jbh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:37 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:34 AM (FXNzP)
He'll stop the world and melt with you
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:37 AM (tceez)
I hadn't realized that the same guy who screwed up in Flint (and if you dig deep on that it was because he didn't understand water chemistry) is now in DC.
Totally makes sense to me but I've been watching this shit for longer than most.
https://is.gd/ARGauw
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2026 10:38 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 19, 2026 10:38 AM (Y61ZU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:39 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:39 AM (PpBto)
Does he think the church is a magical portal to, say, the 1950’s???
Most of the families there likely have parents who were big time Oprah fans.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:39 AM (hcp+B)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:39 AM (PpBto)
Or the Four Horsemen...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 10:40 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Cesspit Pariah at February 19, 2026 10:40 AM (n6SCD)
Penguins = Bad, Perverted, & Evil
Posted by: Duncanthrax
The mind that alters, alters all.
Posted by: Michael Savage 1998 at February 19, 2026 10:41 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:41 AM (3amNb)
Posted by: cmeat at February 19, 2026 10:41 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:30 AM (FXNzP)
Don Lemon says dumb ass shit.
Not news. Not surprising. Racists gonna racist.
Just because you 'married' a white fag doesn't mean you have cart blanche to be a racist asshole, Donny boy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:42 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:43 AM (cGjQu)
Or the Four Horsemen...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2026 10:40 AM (VE6XX)
I firmly believe they've been summoned.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:43 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Dr_No at February 19, 2026 10:43 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:44 AM (cGjQu)
His poor daughters. They have to be mortified.
Posted by: Piper at February 19, 2026 10:44 AM (Wmg4n)
Long walk on Good Harbor beach with the waves crashing down. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM
*fistbump*
Bass Rocks in a storm!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 10:44 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 10:44 AM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:45 AM (tceez)
Each day has been stranger than fiction ever since they killed that damn gorilla. We didn't know it at the time, but Harambe was the glue keeping the fabric of reality together.
Gorilla glue now makes a lot more sense.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 10:45 AM (SD6jB)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I s'pose all the moon jokes have been made already. That's what I get for sleeping in.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2026 10:45 AM (2WIwB)
https://is.gd/Rq9Gkp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:45 AM (FXNzP)
Don Lemon is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.
Posted by: Randolph Duke at February 19, 2026 10:45 AM (Ljddq)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:46 AM (cGjQu)
Each day has been stranger than fiction ever since they killed that damn gorilla. We didn't know it at the time, but Harambe was the glue keeping the fabric of reality together.
Gorilla glue now makes a lot more sense.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 10:45 AM (SD6jB)
I thought it was the Peanut the squirrel murder, but you may be right.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 10:46 AM (pDt9x)
No Don. They didn't believe you're a journalist because they couldn't believe an actual journalist would take such actions against a place of worship like you did.
You weren't there in the capacity of a journalist. You were a violent activist terrorizing people of faith.
You should be punished for your actions. To the fullest extent of the law. And it has NOTHING to do with your f*cking skin color. Asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:46 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 10:46 AM (YwEeS)
Happy Black History Month, eh!?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:46 AM (hcp+B)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 10:47 AM (YwEeS)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 10:48 AM (pDt9x)
https://is.gd/ZdXVpW
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 10:37 AM (FXNzP)
That is SO GREAT!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 10:48 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: steevy
Everybody forgets about me. *kicks dirt*
-- Zombie Fred
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:46 AM (cGjQu)
Nah. Sunshine Superman
https://youtu.be/AQndU3hm-5k
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 10:48 AM (tceez)
Does DC have any “Global Warming” strategies on their water works website? Re-chargeable snowplows? Are they discussing their Vision for Fine-Tuning the Weather 100 Years From Now? Green House Gas Reduction & Sequestration?
All these incompetent grifters sure can talk the talk but they can’t even pickup the garbage.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 10:48 AM (sSmN4)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 10:49 AM (YwEeS)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:49 AM (cGjQu)
Caspar David Friedrich
Very nice as I also like odd, Halloween-like art.
Wikipedia, in part, These German Romantic landscape paintings feature two figures in a dark forest silhouetted by a pastel sky. The works' dark foregrounds and lighter backgrounds create a sharp contrast. The sky suggests that there is a solar eclipse occurring. A dead, uprooted tree's dark roots and branches contrast with the sky. The jagged branches and stark contrasts seem to create a threatening environment for the figures, and are reminiscent of the imposing Gothic style seen initially in the medieval era, but revived in the Romantic era. The same can be said of the dark, shadowy trees and rocks surrounding the couple. The figures are dressed in dark colors and stiff, somewhat formal garments, which signify their higher class. The works emphasize spirituality in nature and the presence of the sublime, which are major themes of Friedrich.
Also Wikipedia, Friedrich "was a prolific artist who produced more than 500 attributed works.[92] In line with the Romantic ideals of his time, he intended his paintings to function as pure aesthetic statements..."
Would hang it. 👍
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 10:50 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 10:50 AM (3ImbR)
Long walk on Good Harbor beach with the waves crashing down. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM
Just what good is an ocean that is too cold to swim in?
Posted by: Outer Banker at February 19, 2026 10:50 AM (oftw2)
Long walk on Good Harbor beach with the waves crashing down. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 10:16 AM
Just what good is an ocean that is too cold to swim in?
Posted by: Outer Banker at February 19, 2026 10:50 AM (oftw2)
Halibut, mostly.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 10:51 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:51 AM (cGjQu)
Maybe the DC government ought to look into requiring decision makes to have some technical competency.
Posted by: pawn at February 19, 2026 10:51 AM (+rKuc)
https://tinyurl.com/48ec8s3u
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 10:50 AM (3ImbR)
I wonder if they had the proper permits to shut down Times Square like that.
BWWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Who am I kidding.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:52 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:52 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 10:52 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at February 19, 2026 10:53 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Outer Banker at February 19, 2026 10:50 AM
Hey! You can, too swim there!*
*2 days every summer, all year with a dry suit
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 10:53 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:54 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Scotland Yard at February 19, 2026 10:54 AM (UBWwW)
License? License? We ain't got no stinking license. We don't need to show you no license ...
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:54 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 10:54 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 19, 2026 10:55 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:55 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:52 AM (cGjQu)
Don't eat the herring from the Potomac. Herring AIDS.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 10:56 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2026 10:56 AM (YwEeS)
Gorilla glue now makes a lot more sense.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 10:45 AM
The Anchor Being of this timeline.
Posted by: Dicks Out at February 19, 2026 10:56 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:56 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 19, 2026 10:57 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 19, 2026 10:57 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Zohran at February 19, 2026 10:57 AM (GI9/m)
He's since fled the country and is working to get his family out.
The UK, ladies and gentlemen........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:57 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 10:57 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Zohran at February 19, 2026 10:57 AM (GI9/m)
Ha!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 10:58 AM (+YA9H)
Similarly, you need the same sort of assurance when hiring a Professional Saboteur...
Posted by: The Swamp - Literally! at February 19, 2026 10:58 AM (UBWwW)
50-70 F is the perfect temperature range.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
What ARE you, a penguin!?!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:58 AM (PpBto)
>For all of their cries of racism, both of them are getting it stuck to them by the white man.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 10:58 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 10:59 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 10:59 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (cGjQu)
Tempers Flare as Great Britain Faces Cheating Claims in Olympic Curling
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 11:01 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 11:01 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 19, 2026 11:00 AM (FXNzP)
Using a vacuum cleaner with the carpet attachment to sweep the ice ahead of the rock is wrong? Who knew?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 11:02 AM (8zz6B)
Still, an arrest is an arrest, I suppose.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at February 19, 2026 11:04 AM (vqA1l)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
>And a steam mop.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 11:32 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drogo Bird at February 19, 2026 05:38 PM (wGqjj)
The Morning Report — 2/19/26
Biden’s border chaos wasn’t accidental—it was a political strategy to reshape America’s electorate and expand left-wing power.To even expand upon this with the observation that no wonder the Democrat/Left is now actively fomenting and engaging in political/legal/judicial obstruction, as well as violent confrontations with federal and local law enforcement officers attempting to do their duty; all of which IMHO and that of legal experts and historians constitutes dictionary definition insurrection and revolution — would earn me a well deserved, duh, hey, no shit Sherlock! If I want to be an optimist, I could look at that observation by the good professor Hanson as perhaps a tacit admission by the Democrat/Left that their political influence/brand and policies do not resonate with the vast majority of the American people and indeed are turning them off in droves, regardless of their controlling the high ground of the media, culture and most crucially academia. Had it been otherwise, HIllary Clinton should have won massive back-to-back victories in 2016 and 2020 and we'd now be enduring the second half of a Tim Kaine regime, or the vicissitudes of American politics being what they are even a Jeb Bush administration. Instead, three times (yes 2020 was stolen) the American people chose not only a Republican but an anti-establishment outsider named Donald J. Trump. The question remains, will he be a one-off or has there been or are we still in the midst of a sea change in the political/cutural dynamic of our nation that puts us back on the path to sanity or are we still headed off of a cliff?
The forecast from the American Redistricting Project shows Democrats losing nine seats in reliable blue states. Two swing states, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, would each lose a seat. Those 11 seats would go to states that Trump won in 2024. A different projection from Jonathan Cervas at Carnegie Mellon University has solid red and lean red states gaining 13 seats. If these projections hold, the Republican presidential candidate in 2032 could lose Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada and win the presidency. The Democratic candidate would have to win those swing states and either Arizona or Georgia. Liberals could help mitigate this by having more babies. Blue states can’t make adults stay, but newborns don’t have a choice. That’s unlikely to happen. The Institute for Family Studies found that in 2023 the 10 states with the highest fertility rates were deep red states. The 10 states with the lowest fertility rates were deep blue states. Further, conservative women have more kids.From the essay "Trump isn't just deporting illegals. He's deporting the voters Dems need," to which my snarky but accurate retort is Unfotuntately, you can't deport dead people and mail-in ballots: which no doubt comprise the vast majority of Democrat votes in any given election. And speaking of violent insurrections aimed at the destruction of America as founded . . .
This trend is unlikely to reverse. Just 25% of women who voted for Kamala Harris said they wanted children, a recent New York Times poll found. Among Trump voters, it was 43%. Both numbers skew low because the response group includes adults 45 and older. You can see the left’s dilemma. People are fleeing the misery caused by its terrible policies, while its adherents reproduce at low levels.
Speaking on "The Dan Bongino Show," Patel said the FBI under President Donald Trump has been conducting a financial investigation into how demonstrations linked to the loosely organized far-left movement are supported. "These organizations don’t operate alone or in silence," Patel said. "They operate with a heavy, heavy stream of funding. And we started looking into it, and guess what? We found them." . . .Patel didn't name specific donors, financial institutions, or nonprofits, but he did confirm that federal agents are examining whether funding flowed through U.S.-based nonprofit groups, including some with tax-exempt status, and whether foreign sources played a role. He said more details could emerge in the coming months as the investigation develops. If proven, the implications are enormous. Antifa has long described itself as an idea, not an organization. Members work in loose networks, often masked and decentralized, and deny the lack of a leadership structure. Yet coordinated violence has appeared in city after city.
Find the money, seize every RED cent, emphasis on the word RED for obvious reasons, and dismantle with extreme prejudice the sources from whence it comes. Be it Beijing, Davos and/or DNC headquarters. It's us or them. Have a great day.
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- Victor Davis Hanson: Biden’s border chaos wasn’t accidental—it was a political strategy to reshape America’s electorate and expand left-wing power.
Why Exactly Did They Destroy the Border?
- A biological warfare mass casualty attack waiting to happen?
Biological Agents Infiltrate America
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- Trump-appointed Judge Mark Pittman declared a mistrial for nine people accused of organizing a July 2025 attack against an Alvarado immigration facility, citing defense lawyer MarQuetta Clayton’s “politically charged” shirt bearing images of Shirley Chisholm and other civil rights movement figures, KERA and journalist Andy Ngo reported. The day also brought another roadblock as prospective jurors expressed hostile opinions toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Donald Trump while under questioning, according to KERA. (RELATED: Alleged Antifa Leader Who Fled FBI Now Set To Testify In Terrorism Trial)
Lefties Sabotage America’s First Antifa Terrorism Trial On Day One
- Patel didn't name specific donors, financial institutions, or nonprofits, but he did confirm that federal agents are examining whether funding flowed through U.S.-based nonprofit groups, including some with tax-exempt status, and whether foreign sources played a role. He said more details could emerge in the coming months as the investigation develops. If proven, the implications are enormous.
Kash Patel Says the FBI Found Antifa’s Money
- Senators grilled a Trump nominee over “white culture,” ignoring that what they call taboo is really just the traditional American culture most have long lived in.
What Is White Culture?
- "What's happening in Minneapolis right now is a tightly-organized, highly-focused ground game that is designed to serve as the battle royale between socialism and the American way of life," said photographer Chris Birt. (Hat tip to CJN commenter Beverly - jjs)
Siege and socialism: Photographer captures the consequences of sanctuary policy in the Twin Cities
- Mamdani has already foolishly repealed an Adams-era executive order that let the feds monitor Tren de Aragua and other gangs inside the Rikers Island jails. Politico reports that Commissar Mostofi will invent new, more severe penalties for city workers who flout “sanctuary” mandates. This comes on the heels of Mamdani tapping Faiza Ali — a 'Palestinian' activist with ties to the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations and notorious anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour/Farfour (the Hamas Louse) — as the city’s new chief immigration officer.
Mamdani wants ‘Minneapolis everywhere’ with his ‘sanctuary-plus’ edicts* * * * * - Lloyd Billingsley: Kash Patel must tell the truth about slain DHW whistleblower Philip Haney.
Dead Reckoning for the FBI "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - As protests and riots against ICE grow more common, formal state and local cooperation with ICE grows far more common.
While Democrats’ Anti-ICE Fury Escalates, Americans Show They Want Immigration Laws Enforced
- "Sanctuary politicians must stop releasing pedophiles, murderers, rapists, and kidnappers into our neighborhoods."
ICED OUT: Sanctuary Release Of Illegal Immigrant ‘Pedophile’ Backfires
- Illinois was given 30 days to revoke the unlawfully issued licenses or risk losing $128 million in federal highway funding.
Trump Admin Audit Finds 20% of Commercial Driver’s Licenses Issued to Foreigners Were Unlawful. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - A $135 billion train, a $1.2 billion capitol annex and FBI raids.
California Politicians Pass Law Hiding Corruption from the Public - A few hundred thousand bureaucrats crossing the Potomac never to hold a government do-nothing job again is a good start!
Keep Firing Federal Freeloaders
- People like Mamdani won’t ever consider slashing the budget and stop spending. It’s appalling.
Mamdani Proposes 9.5% Property Tax Hike if New York Won’t Pass Wealth Tax
- Prince George’s County, Md., was planning to evict hundreds of residents from the Marylander Condominiums on Thursday after vandalism from a nearby homeless encampment plunged the property into disrepair. Now, thanks to an eleventh-hour intervention by a Maryland court, those plans have been put on hold.
Maryland Judge Forestalls Condo Evictions at Eleventh Hour as Squalid Homeless Encampment Remains Intact
- "Alaska native" firms, most often in Virginia, were paid $45 billion in Pentagon contracts thanks to DEI law.
How A Top Pentagon Contractor Enriches DC Insiders Using Law Intended To Help Eskimos THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Positive trends in industrial production and manufacturing output reflect continued economic resilience.
Trump Economy: U.S. Industrial Output Soars in January.
- Overall industrial production rose 0.7 percent compared with December, the third consecutive month of rising output. Compared with a year ago, industrial production is up 2.3 percent and is at the highest level in the post-pandemic era. The monthly gain was more than twice the 0.3 percent forecast by analysts.
Industrial Production Surges on Business and Consumer Demand to Post-Pandemic High
- In December 2025, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s Colorado Scorecard for 2025 received bad news when 45% of the business leaders who participated said they planned “to invest out of state.”
Software Company Palantir Flees Colorado for Florida
- The New York Fed research has fueled a new round of partisan attacks on President Trump’s tariff polices, despite a plethora of counter evidence.
Trump’s Top Econ Advisor Blasts ‘Embarrassing’ Federal Reserve Tariff Study: ‘Worst Paper Ever Seen.’ CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - “We have entered into a terrifying turning point in American history,” Blue Lives Matter posted on X. “It was bad enough seeing corrupt, far-left judges betray our justice system. But now… liberals have figured out how to destroy the juries as well.”
Mistrial Declared in Capital Murder Case Involving Venezuelan Gang TdA FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - This is what banning free speech looks like.
NY AG Warns School Boards Not to Allow Public to Question Boys Playing Against Girls - Across Europe, countries including the UK and Germany are considering social media bans for minors, citing concerns that the platforms are harmful and addictive. In early February, French authorities raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of a years-long criminal investigation into alleged algorithm manipulation and the spread of illegal content.
‘Pure Bullsh*t’: Macron Attacks Free Speech In Push For More Government Control
- Authorities charged a group of nine far-left militants with fatally beating 23-year-old Quentin Deranque in Lyon, France, during a protest. The BBC published the headline, “Nine arrested in France over death of far-right student,” which sparked outrage among conservatives online.
BBC’s Headline On Conservative Student Beaten To Death Sparks Massive Backlash
- Slash the budget. I mean, why did Illinois spend $4.4 million to podcasting and production studios?
Illinois Gov. Pritzker Wants to Charge Social Media Accounts for Existing* * * * * - The Trump administration campaigned on eradicating Big Tech censorship of conservatives, but it’s a huge octopus-armed problem which needs big brain focus from the White House.
Miranda Devine: It’s time to take a stand against ‘woke AI’ before it compromises our reality RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - The U.S. may either reform the IEA or withdraw, potentially altering the agency’s approach to energy policy and security.
Trump Considers Ditching International Energy Agency Captured by Green Agenda Ideologues. EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Competition and student choice foster innovation and produce better outcomes.
Trump, McMahon just delivered another higher education victory
- Nadine Sébag, who taught French at the UN International School for 30 years, ultimately received a ‘constructive termination,’ according to a new lawsuit
A Jewish Teacher at a UN School in New York City Reported Anti-Semitic Harassment to Officials. They Investigated Her Instead. - The search committee's partisan makeup provides a window into how Georgetown Law
landed on Magill as its next leader.
The former Penn president resigned in disgrace in December 2023, a year and 5 months into her tenure - shortly after she told Congress, in testimony that caused a national uproar, that calls for the genocide of Jews may be permissible under campus rules.
The Resurrection of Liz Magill: Georgetown Law Search Committee That Tapped Disgraced Penn President As Dean Included 11 Democrat Donors and a Democrat Political Aide
- Iowa and Oklahoma are delivering voters the opposite of the history curriculum improvements they voted for, while Texas and Wyoming hang in the balance.
Red States Struggling To Deliver On Promises Of Pro-American History In Public Schools L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN - The Justice Department released its latest tranche of documents relating to the late Epstein which revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell played a significant role in the Clinton orbit of politics.
Epstein Files Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘Central Role’ in Setting Up Clinton Global Initiative Despite Hillary Clinton Saying They Had Met ‘On a Few Occasions’
- “The ranks of the Epstein skeptics are growing.”
The Epstein Next Door
- The deposition adds to ongoing scrutiny over Epstein’s network and the release of over three million pages of files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Alleged Epstein Co-Conspirator Les Wexner Tells Congress He Was ‘Naïve, Foolish, and Gullible.’ DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - The press release described the planned event — which will be hosted by MoveOn Civic Action and MediasTouch — as a “rally counterprogramming President Trump’s night full of lies.”
Dozen Democrats Plot To Go AWOL For Trump State Of Union, Host Leftist Pep Rally Instead
- Joe Morrissey himself received a pardon from Virginia's governor after child sex charge.
FBI Probe Into Scandal-Plagued Democrat Uncovers Explosive Allegations
- I don’t know if Massie is a RINO or just stubborn, but last week’s vote was just the tip of the iceberg. Massie has made a habit of voting differently from his colleagues.
Massie’s Price for a Vote? A Press Release — and a Pat on the Head POLITICS - “The Republican electorate in California is split between Steve Hilton at 38 percent and Chad Bianco at 37 percent, while Hilton also picks up a plurality of independent voters at 22 percent,” said the pollster, Emerson. “Democratic voters have not yet clearly coalesced around one candidate.”
Shock Poll: Republican Steve Hilton Leads in California Governor’s Race
- Some Virginians have noticed what appears to be a lack of institutional effort by Republicans in battling the referendum.
Dems Rig Virginia Vote With Misleading Ballot Language Equating Gerrymandering Push To ‘Fairness’
- Trump isn't just deporting illegals. He's deporting the voters Dems need. (Unfotuntately, you can't deport dead people and mail-in ballots: which no doubt comprise the vast majority of Democrat votes in any given election - jjs)
Democrats Face a Demographic Doom Spiral
- We’re just a bunch of moderates, nothing to see here.
Democrats Reveal Their 2026 Strategy IRAN ON the BRINK?! - Axios: “The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize.”
Speculation Increases That War Against Iran is Imminent ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS - You know, our NATO ally, moderate, secular Turkey.
Turkey Opens Gaza Mosque Named for al-Qaeda Founder
- Friedman cites phony Soros-PLO poll to smear Israel as apartheid pariah state
New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman Plays His Readers for Fools—Again
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - It's hard to put into words just how historic this is, but it's yet another win for the Trump administration. I just Googled it to see if the MSM is reporting on it — so far, it looks like just a few outlets, like the Jerusalem Post and Reuters, are the only others mentioning it. That could change tomorrow, but the media does not like to celebrate these wins. I will.
Historic: A Surprise High-Level U.S. Visitor Lands in Venezuela
- The Cuban Communist Party has survived in power for over 67 years as a result of receiving economic support from political allies – for most of its existence, the Soviet Union, and later socialist Venezuela following the collapse of the USSR. Oil-rich Venezuela, under both Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez, offered the Castro regime years of free or extremely reduced-priced oil in exchange for political and security support from Havana. Oil shipments from Venezuela abruptly ended after President Donald Trump ordered an operation to arrest Maduro on narco-terrorism charges in January.
Cuba Sends Top Diplomat to Russia, Seeking Support in Face of Trump-Led Oil Crackdown
- The statement highlights strain between the White House and State Department officials on foreign policy, as well as the British government.
Trump Countersignals His Own State Dept AGAIN on ‘Big Mistake’ Diego Garcia Deal.
- "We are part of one civilization . . . bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share."
Rubio Follows in Reagan’s Footsteps DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - Daniel Greenfield: How many American elected officials actually work for China?
California Mayor’s Campaign Manager was a Chinese Spy - Jennifer Daskal, a Biden junta apparatchik who helped launch the short-lived Disinformation Governance Board, has been appointed as an advisor to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) as of Feb. 1.
Republicans Tense Up As Official Who Created ‘Disinformation Board’ In Biden Years Takes On New Role HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - Vinay Prasad, the head of the FDA’s vaccine and biologics division, initially refused to review the vaccine because of an inadequate clinical trial.
FDA Changes Mind, Will Review Moderna’s Flu Shot
- Pteropine orthoreovirus is a naturally occurring virus rather than the product of genetic manipulation in a Wuhan lab.
New Bat Virus in South Asia Shows Nipah‑Like Symptoms but No Signs of Pandemic Potential
- The video features Kennedy and Kid Rock spending time together, eating food, posing with the American flag and the Statue of Liberty, and working out side by side. Kennedy is shown using a seated arm curl machine, while Kid Rock uses a cable machine with Kennedy exercising beside him on a similar machine. In another segment, Kennedy holds Kid Rock’s feet while he performs crunches. Kid Rock is also seen using a lying leg curl machine before Kennedy uses the same equipment.
HHS Sec Kennedy, Kid Rock Team Up for ‘Rock Out Workout’ Encouraging Americans to ‘GET ACTIVE + EAT REAL FOOD’ FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - He then slurs “anti-pedophiles” for being “monsters” and “predators.”
‘Trans’ activist hands out pro-pedophile literature in Seattle park, argues age is just a number
- Dr. Geoffrey Stiller says his brutal surgeries make patients "happy about who they are." They've also made him millions in Medicaid payments.
Taxpayers Pay Millions To Surgeon Who Performs ‘Transgender’ Surgeries In Prisons CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Irish rockers U2 have released a short album on Ash Wednesday titled Days of Ash, with a track celebrating radical anti-ICE activist Renee Good and ripping Trump supporters as “the people of the lie.”
U2 Attacks MAGA as ‘People of the Lie’ in Renee Good Protest Song ‘American Obituary’
- Eileen Gu, the California-born Olympian who chose to represent Communist China instead of the United States, says it is “not her business” to address the fate of thousands of Muslim-majority Uyghurs experiencing genocide in the country she competes for.
Eileen Gu, U.S.-Born Olympian Competing for China, Says Uyghur Genocide Is ‘Not Her Business’
- The freedom American athletes enjoy is the reason we embody such excellence at the games.
The Olympics Controversy That’s Suddenly About America Itself
- Christian Toto: Woke apology stirs late-night king, not Oscar-winners behind horror classic
Gutfeld Defends ‘Silence of the Lambs’ While Actors Stay Silent
- By mainstreaming divorce, Reformation and Wasser are complicit in undermining the foundational bonds that sustain human flourishing, and this cannot go unchecked.
Hollywood Lawyer’s Collab With Fashion Giant Fueling Societal Unraveling
- Red-state lawmakers preach Christ, pray publicly, and post crosses—but when it comes to defending marriage, their faith stops at words.
Christ Is King, but Marriage Is Nothing?
- Forlesia Cook, whose grandson was killed in a 2017 shooting, took to the stage to praise President Trump’s tough stance on crime and fired back at those who would criticize his treatment of black Americans.
Granny knows best Grandma’s fiery defense of Trump steals the show at Black History Month celebration: ‘Back off him’ HITHER & YON - The “Reagan” film. . . is told from the perspective of a fictional KGB agent (Jon Voight) assigned to observe Reagan over a multi-decade period. And it works. “Reagan” is an effective movie.
Ronald Reagan’s Imaginary Enemy - Then there was the time Jesse Jackson lied about holding MLK's body
Jesse Jackson is Shaking Down Corporations in Heaven Now(I believe Jackson's "soul" such as it was is now residing in a place that is considerably far to the south of Heaven, and a Hell of a lot hotter! - jjs)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:17 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 19, 2026 07:17 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 07:18 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 07:18 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:19 AM (6ydKt)
I enjoy your work every weekday morning.
Posted by: CapeFear at February 19, 2026 07:20 AM (xga6W)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:22 AM (RjOoY)
Translation: "Look at us! We're still relevant!"
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:22 AM (RjOoY)
How is it that I have known this for years? This is no great revelation. I should be writing a column like VDH.
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 19, 2026 07:23 AM (Uh9WD)
And if we want to get political here, charge these vermin six months after the 2026 elections so they are tied up for the next 18 months in court spending money on legal expenses.
In gaming news, some are reporting the least epic disaster of Concord proportions Highguard had TenCents as their secret financial backer.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 07:24 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 07:25 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at February 19, 2026 07:25 AM (h/O4U)
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They haven't been all that shy about hiding it.
They'll claim "FREE SPEECH!" as their primary defense.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:26 AM (ESVrU)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 19, 2026 07:27 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)
He said more details could emerge in the coming months as the investigation develops.
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Simply see the work that DataRepublican and others have published on X.
BTW, she just came out with her first book: Unelected.
https://tinyurl.com/y38r4ukn
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 07:27 AM (VFv8R)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 19, 2026 07:28 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at February 19, 2026 07:30 AM (RiKhU)
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This was fairly predictable. I'm surprised it's not more of them, but then I suppose a bunch of them want to attend to boo President Trump's speech and try to disrupt it as much as possible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 07:30 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)
Politicians say what gets them elected.
We'll enforce the border. We'll repeal Obamacare. We care about the deficit.
They're liars.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 07:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 07:34 AM (VFv8R)
Posted by: fd
What's different now is that the crowd of people who screamed "THIS ISN'T HAPPENING!" are getting proven wrong so much that they can't fight it any more.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:34 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 07:36 AM (2GVsD)
That's a great excuse. If I ever get arrested I'm going to use that.
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 07:37 AM (2GVsD)
Illinois informed the USDOT that it has issued 10,088 non-domiciled commercial learner’s permits (CLPs) or CDLs which currently remain unexpired
The number will be close to 5000.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 07:37 AM (gbOdA)
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He said these things under oath, iirc, raising the question of why is he not being prosecuted?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 07:38 AM (rLiMR)
Posted by: Advice for Kash Babu Patel at February 19, 2026 07:39 AM (Ljddq)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 19, 2026 07:39 AM (Pk5gi)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at February 19, 2026 07:40 AM (53oGX)
We're still asking? Noem should be repeating the obvious answer every day.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 19, 2026 07:42 AM (t+TFX)
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Welcome to our world, New York State. SCOTUS won't even stop renegade district judges, people under SCOTUS control and who mistake their statutory authority for Article 3 authority. Why should anyone expect a weak-kneed SCOTUS to protect free speech?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 07:44 AM (FgifN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:45 AM (wzUl9)
That's a great excuse. If I ever get arrested I'm going to use that.
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
Maybe I missed something but Wexner is alleged to have continue to do - non sex related - business with Epstein after other people - supposedly - informed him that Epstein was a sex trafficker.
Burn the witch.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:46 AM (vFG9F)
That's a great excuse. If I ever get arrested I'm going to use that.
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
He should add that he's an old man and was confused.
Posted by: Uncle Leo at February 19, 2026 07:46 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at February 19, 2026
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British spelling, like "colour" and "labour"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:46 AM (wzUl9)
Democrats Reveal Their 2026 Strategy
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Ahh, the Abigail Spamberger Strategy...
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 07:48 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 07:48 AM (jtM2q)
About $10 B more than the State of Florida.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 07:49 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026
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When I first heard of U2, I thought "early German submarine."
I hate that "New Year's Day" song with the heat of a blue-white sun at the center of the galaxy, about to go nova.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)
@25 Biden's Dog, about the best you can hope for with that vid is that it gives antisemites seizures. Owens is a loathsome ignoramus
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 07:51 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 19, 2026 07:52 AM (UQTwP)
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I guess they couldn't find all one-color outfits to wear in solidarity? Remember when they held up stupid paddle signs? They're really such a bunch of children. Very immature in so many of their actions. Just like their voters.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)
Is the mugshot you linked yours or your mom's?
Posted by: pookysgirl, ducking and running at February 19, 2026 07:52 AM (Wt5PA)
"These organizations don’t operate alone or in silence," Patel said. "They operate with a heavy, heavy stream of funding. And we started looking into it, and guess what? We found them."
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But then I got high.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 19, 2026 07:53 AM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:45 AM (wzUl9)
Generally, yes for simple individual returns. VITA volunteers are IRS-trained and have passed the IRS' knowledge test, but the focus is/was mainly on the EITC for low-income working folks. I assume the AARP outfit focuses mainly on retirees with mostly pension and S.S. income. I doubt that either outfit will be able to help those with extensive / active brokerage and investment income streams.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 07:53 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 07:53 AM (gm9Sb)
"But he's sooooo dreamy!" Average NYC AWFL.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:54 AM (RjOoY)
In December 2025, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s Colorado Scorecard for 2025 received bad news when 45% of the business leaders who participated said they planned “to invest out of state.”
So they left the Bay area communist for the Denver socialist and now on to the free state of Florida.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 07:54 AM (gbOdA)
Bono is a leftist ass . One of those performers I can enjoy but I ignore the political BS.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 07:54 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:45 AM (wzUl9)
I've used them in California and was happy with the results. Just learned that it's offered in Florida. Not sure if it's actually run by the IRS, but the volunteers are retired accountants and their work is checked over by a resident expert who signs off on the work. I just found out the service is offered here in Florida.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 19, 2026 07:54 AM (nbLIj)
Please give us the names of the worms that demanded this information and took away the 2A rights of veterans. For research purposes. And so we can send them a fruit basket.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:55 AM (RjOoY)
A biological warfare mass casualty attack waiting to happen?
Biological Agents Infiltrate America
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Secret Asian Man.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2026 07:56 AM (azNOR)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 19, 2026 07:56 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: pookysgirl, ducking and running"
Joxer from "Xena:Warrior Princess" has fallen on hard times.
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:57 AM (vFG9F)
They don't want to be caught in another Trump trap, like when they were frozen like a deer in the headlights and then decided not to acknowledge and applaud the kid with cancer.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 19, 2026 07:57 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2026 07:57 AM (pbDcz)
Red States Struggling To Deliver On Promises Of Pro-American History In Public Schools
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The voters clearly said what they want taught to their kids, and these are very red states, so school boards should know they are expected to deliver.
Only the teachers unions stand in the way. Amazingly, they may be powerful enough to win.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 07:57 AM (becA2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 07:58 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 07:58 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 08:00 AM (j6kTf)
Bono is a leftist ass . One of those performers I can enjoy but I ignore the political BS.
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Good for you that you can. I can't. When I start getting insulted, as Bono has done in this instance, I draw the line and can no longer get any pleasure is listening to him/them.
OTOH, I know there are a ton of leftist musical performers within my 1000s of songs on my iPod and elsewhere. But many mostly keep quiet and don't actually insult me for my political beliefs or voting history. When they do that, they've gone too far and I can't listen to them anymore.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
Prince Andrew arrested.
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 08:00 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 08:00 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: GWB at February 19, 2026 08:00 AM (Snn3i)
Red States Struggling To Deliver On Promises Of Pro-American History In Public Schools
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That was a depressing article.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 19, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI)
Apologies to VDH, but it's just power they're after.
They want to rule well, but they mean to rule.
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:01 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 19, 2026 08:01 AM (DDJSl)
Eileen Gu, U.S.-Born Olympian Competing for China, Says Uyghur Genocide Is ‘Not Her Business’
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She does all this for money. Just 30 pieces of silver. It's a sad story, but a familiar one.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2V+bm)
Posted by: GWB
Take it a step farther: Remove every single person from the voter roll and everyone has to re-register. Do this every two years.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 08:02 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:03 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 08:03 AM (wj6F+)
Has the entire band moved back to the tax haven of Ireland?
No?
Hmmm
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:03 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 19, 2026 08:03 AM (gm9Sb)
The American Cancer Society now says 1 in 3 will be effected by cancer.
Big Pharma is killing us, softly, slowly.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Voodoo Economics at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (Ljddq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2V+bm)
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She is a criminal traitor, she and her family should be denaturalized and deported. Any "American" loyal to the CCP must go.
Sweep away all monsters!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)
Cancer is very big business so a cure is out of the question.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2026 08:05 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 19, 2026 08:05 AM (UQTwP)
Those to words always confuse me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (PpBto)
It's affected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 19, 2026
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I've got an appointment in about two weeks. My accounting says I'm due a tiny refund. We'll see if the VITA people come up with the same.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 08:06 AM (wzUl9)
And if that person is employed by the IRS and the fark your return, guess who is liable?
Yeah.
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:07 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026
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I'll take a look. My income is probably low enough!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 08:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Firm at February 19, 2026 08:08 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 08:08 AM (Kc+Vz)
I guess abortion is what opened that barn door.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 08:08 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Voodoo Economics at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (Ljddq)
These are the tax rates for income... but you get to subtract some. And capital gains don't count as income, they're different. And if you're on Medicare and make over a certain amount which doesn't line up with either the income or capital gains tax rates, you get punished for that. And, and, and...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 08:00 AM (Y8DZ
********
And on his 66th birthday.
For giving government secrets to Epstein.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:10 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 19, 2026 08:05 AM (UQTwP)
That's no way for a war hero to end up.
Posted by: Georgy Zhukov at February 19, 2026 08:10 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2V+bm)
Same as pretty much every member of Congress. Or OF girls. Or every actress who sucked cock for a role. Or...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 08:10 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 19, 2026 08:05 AM (UQTwP)
What new thing is he alleged to have done? Or is this just an attempt to get people to forget that Kier Starmer was helping to hide that fact that British girls were being raped while he was being buggered by rentboys?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 08:12 AM (Mqqv0)
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I know everyone will have trouble accepting this fact, but it appears Hillary Clinton is a liar.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 08:12 AM (WqEKT)
Those to words always confuse me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026
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Generally speaking, "effect" is a noun ("What effect did the new ruling have?"). "Affect" is a verb ("How did the new ruling affect voters?").
There's a specialized meaning of "affect" used as a noun in psychology to mean, basically, "emotion." And you can "effect" your escape from something. But generally my first two sentences cover most circumstances.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)
If something is FREE, you are the product being sold.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 08:12 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (OZ5rj)
@naftalibennett
Tucker Carlson is a chickenshit.
The guy who’s been spouting lies about Israel for the past two years, landed today at Ben Gurion airport, took a quick picture in the logistics zone,
tweeted it to pretend he’s actually IN Israel (so he can later claim that he’s a serious reporter who toured Israel), didn’t even step foot in country,
then made up a story that he’s being supposedly harassed by our security (didn’t happen), whined about it, got back into the private jet and flew off.
Next time he talks about Israel as if he’s some expert, just remember this guy is a phony!
1:30 PM · Feb 18, 2026
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:10 AM (NpAcC)
How and why would Andrew have been privy to government secrets? Seems like they should arrest whoever told that moron.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 08:14 AM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People! at February 19, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: "Social" media at February 19, 2026 08:14 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 08:14 AM (Mqqv0)
Includes everything from cookies, candies and ice cream.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:15 AM (NpAcC)
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Many people have been impacted by errors in usage
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (OZ5rj)
Effect = Noun
Affect = Verb
Momma Sefton was an English teacher.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 08:12 AM (WqEKT)
It's a congenital condition for her.
Posted by: William Safire, of the NYT Op-Ed "Blizzard of Lies" at February 19, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:15 AM (OZ5rj)
If something is FREE, you are the product being sold.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 08:12 AM (gbOdA)
I wonder if any social media companies would have the balls to just ban access to people in Illinois. While I don't like the constant gathering of data, it's not the state who should be paid for it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: dantesed at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (Oy/m2)
The American Cancer Society now says 1 in 3 will be effected by cancer.
Big Pharma is killing us, softly, slowly.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:04 AM (PpBto)
Part of that is the artificial and sedintary nature of our existence...part of that is we live longer.
Remember, cancer is just a body's cell decision to mutate and then the immune system eventually choosing or not being able to destroy that mutation. And thus replication of the bad cells begins in earnest. That's it.
The more time and variables you introduce into the body, the more likely you will see mutations stick (normally, a body will destroy all of them as they happen)...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Huck Follywood"
Congrats Huck, on your upcoming suicide...
/hillary
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (cGjQu)
It's affected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)
I started with that, then second guessed myself.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (PpBto)
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We've been getting AARP junk mail for almost 15 years. It's one entity that found our new address faster than any of the other "junk mail" outfits.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Common Tater
Look Buddy, it was a simple misstep with an artillery shell. One in a million. Could have happened to anyone!
Posted by: Poofter Keeping Score at February 19, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2)
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Many people have been impacted by errors in usage
Posted by: Common Tater
Had to review a database at work years back that listed "Number of Sites Effected."
I pointed out that the correct spelling was Affected. They tried arguing with me. I told them I was going to beat them with a rolled up dictionary.
They looked it up and things were quietly corrected.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 08:17 AM (RjOoY)
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Many people have been impacted by errors in usage
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (OZ5rj)
Is there any way to ensure correct usage while allowing one to insure against damages?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:18 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People! at February 19, 2026
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I was reluctant even before they told me they were booking appointments for March.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 08:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Try my solution. There is a form you can fill out with the Post Office that says "This organization is sending me pornographic material and I want it to stop." This escalates things VERY quickly.
I have not received anything from them for years.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 08:18 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (PpBto)
One of the first things they told us when I attended nuclear power school was to never second guess yourself. Unless you know... know, know, know... that you were wrong initially, you're better off just leaving it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:20 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:20 AM (cGjQu)
I use colons every day. -- Seymore Butts
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)
The more time and variables you introduce into the body, the more likely you will see mutations stick (normally, a body will destroy all of them as they happen)...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (tOcjL)
There were a few doctors, before they were silenced, that declared that the covid 'vaccine' was going to cause massive cancer rates within 5 years of release.
Seems they were more correct than off base.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:22 AM (PpBto)
I guess he's too old to be focused on partying and banging groupies.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 08:22 AM (gVUi7)
Haven’t seen a dual Ford gum ball machine in a while either. Little kids don’t have that much cash on hand. Penny candy no more.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:23 AM (GbLWf)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:23 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)
I like it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:23 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 08:23 AM (vFG9F)
WE'RE SAVED!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:25 AM (PpBto)
Pure Fuckin Communism right there
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)
WE'RE SAVED!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:25 AM (PpBto)
That's SAD.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 08:26 AM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:26 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Poofters Top To Bottom at February 19, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:27 AM (PpBto)
--SFGate
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:28 AM (GbLWf)
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We've been getting AARP junk mail for almost 15 years. It's one entity that found our new address faster than any of the other "junk mail" outfits.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (jtM2q)
I believe that the original plan was for all people over 55 to have to use AARP to buy Obamacare.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 08:28 AM (gbOdA)
I realize one extended family isn't much of a sample, but of the seven "old farts" of my bunch, all (except me) went all in on every shot/booster/whatever. Two have already died from cancer, three others are in treatment, and one's on hospice care.
All are "new" cancers, btw. Not preexisting.
Me? I'm fine. Old, but fine. Go figure.
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:28 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 08:28 AM (jtM2q)
Pure Fuckin Communism right there
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)
Splitter!
Posted by: Pythonesque References at February 19, 2026 08:28 AM (wVcYX)
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Many people have been impacted by errors in usage
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (OZ5rj)
Is there any way to ensure correct usage while allowing one to insure against damages?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:18 AM (wVcYX)
I would like to compliment you on providing a complement to the first comment.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:29 AM (tceez)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:29 AM (GbLWf)
Includes everything from cookies, candies and ice cream.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:15 AM (NpAcC)
Am I the only one here who is repulsed by that combination? I think there may be only 4 or 5 of us in the whole world.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:31 AM (tceez)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:31 AM (cGjQu)
Part of that is the artificial and sedintary nature of our existence...part of that is we live longer.
Remember, cancer is just a body's cell decision to mutate and then the immune system eventually choosing or not being able to destroy that mutation. And thus replication of the bad cells begins in earnest. That's it.
The more time and variables you introduce into the body, the more likely you will see mutations stick (normally, a body will destroy all of them as they happen)...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 19, 2026 08:16 AM (tOcjL
Thanks for pointing this out Nova. Easily forgotten in all of the noise.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 08:32 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:33 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:31 AM (tceez)
Pretty sure that you're in the minority in the US at least. Maybe you should see about getting some special benefits from the government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)
They don’t use postage paid return envelopes too much any longer, strangely enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:33 AM (GbLWf)
Includes everything from cookies, candies and ice cream.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:15 AM (NpAcC)
Am I the only one here who is repulsed by that combination? I think there may be only 4 or 5 of us in the whole world.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:31 AM (tceez)
Chocolate goes well with everything. Well, almost everything.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 08:33 AM (pDt9x)
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Many people have been impacted by errors in usage
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (OZ5rj)
Is there any way to ensure correct usage while allowing one to insure against damages?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:18 AM (wVcYX)
I would like to compliment you on providing a complement to the first comment.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:29 AM (tceez)
Thank you and likewise. Getting the principle usage correct is one of my principal goals.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (wVcYX)
Used in English to indicate a word is being used without connotation or subtext, just plain meaning without any external reference
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LBGTM at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (vFG9F)
Well, I'm dead. Can't help much.
/Matthew Lesko
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Common Tater
I can make snap judgments on people using words and phrases to sound edumacated toot sweet!
Posted by: Good Taste Is Timeless! at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (oftw2)
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AHA is the Adolph Hitler Association, rite?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (pZ64F)
I have gotten in the habit of checking the dictionary for both definition and proper spelling for certain phrases.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 08:35 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)
4 years?
We really need some hangings
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 08:35 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Common Tater"
They want you to go green and use the website. After sending you 10 pounds of paper every year.
Posted by: LBGTM at February 19, 2026 08:35 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:31 AM (tceez)
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Yeah, I've never liked that blend. Chocolate and pecans are special.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 08:36 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2026 08:36 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: DEVO was Right! at February 19, 2026 08:37 AM (M3HT1)
@ImMeme0
This crazed lunatic verbally assaulted a mother who had already been attacked by a chaotic mob of students while peacefully holding a pro-Trump sign.
If you recognize this woman, contact
@bourne_beth2345
. She wants to file an incident report with the Winters Police Department
https://tinyurl.com/nrrvmhdp
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs. at February 19, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:37 AM (GbLWf)
Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs. at February 19, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
It's not really advisable to be aligned with me on anything.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:39 AM (tceez)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:37 AM (GbLWf)
In oatmeal cookies FTW!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:39 AM (wVcYX)
What are you, some kind of hallmark sales guy?
/stuff Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley might have said
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:39 AM (cGjQu)
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AHA is the Adolph Hitler Association, rite?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (pZ64F)
Angry Hominids of America
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)
/Matthew Lesko
Posted by: man
Who got possession of the cool sport coat????????
Posted by: Just Axin' at February 19, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:41 AM (GbLWf)
/Matthew Lesko
I'm still alive....hanging out with Granny Guthrie.
She's a hot momma with a big SS check to take care of her loverboy!
Posted by: Matthew Lesko, FlimFlam Man at February 19, 2026 08:41 AM (Ljddq)
Everyone loves chocolate covered anchovies.
Posted by: Auspex at February 19, 2026 08:42 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 08:42 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:31 AM (tceez)
Chocolate goes well with everything. Well, almost everything.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 08:33 AM (pDt9x)
******
I'm probably the only one that hates chocolate covered strawberries.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2026 08:43 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 08:43 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:31 AM (tceez)
Pretty sure that you're in the minority in the US at least. Maybe you should see about getting some special benefits from the government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)
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Sorry. The Somalis in Minnesota have already tapped out those funds.
--The Government
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 08:43 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 08:43 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)
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The pinnacle of chocolate achievement.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NR Pax
My spelling skills have always been a bit shaky. I blame it on being caught in the middle of the 'Look-Say' and phonics methods and our district switching back and forth between those methods.
Or maybe I'm just a poor speller.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2026 08:45 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 08:43 AM (Kc+Vz)
I appreciate the Transmission of your comment.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:45 AM (tceez)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: redridinghood
Undiagnosed mental illness is sad for all involved.
Posted by: Ring The Bell For Mental Health at February 19, 2026 08:46 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 08:46 AM (46za5)
Posted by: Whizzo Chocolate Company at February 19, 2026 08:46 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 08:47 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 19, 2026 08:47 AM (61TgR)
Homeland Security showing the faces and names of victims of illegal aliens.
Finally! Arguing policy and outcomes and not building her fvcking brand.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
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Rural King sells a bunch of candy that appears to be "old school." The sort of candy your grandparents would have had in jars. Mints, hard candy, various gummy-like stuff (fruit flavored) and chocolate covered peanuts, almonds and raisins.
Couple bucks for a bag... maybe 1/2 pound. Not high quality, but man, tastes like childhood.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 08:47 AM (jtM2q)
The Great Replacement has been both a racist right wing conspiracy theory AND the open goal of leftwing pols for a generation now.
And...they've succeeded in great measure.
I've seen towns I've lived in completely changed due to influxes of immigrants, all from the same part of the world, that then change the town to their culture.
And more to the point, the voting patterns of these immigrants skew far left. Usually in direct relation to how much effort the left has spent in bringing in that particular group of immigrants.
Baring the demographics changes due to immigration, the Democrats would not have won a presidential election since Clinton, and it wouldn't even be close (Trump would have won '88 style in each of his runs)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ron Asheton at February 19, 2026 08:48 AM (M3HT1)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)
Couple bucks for a bag... maybe 1/2 pound. Not high quality, but man, tastes like childhood.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 08:47 AM (jtM2q)
Yep. When I was a kid I always preferred quantity over quality.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 08:49 AM (pDt9x)
HIVs already have an opinion about immigration policy.
LIVs don't.
Give them a narrative to counter the left's though and they might pay enough attention to vote in their own interests...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)
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Can I have your chocolate ration?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)
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AHA is the Adolph Hitler Association, rite?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 08:34 AM (pZ64F)
Angry Hominids of America
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Angry Hemorrhoids of America - aka, Flaming Assholes
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 08:49 AM (SD6jB)
Couple bucks for a bag... maybe 1/2 pound. Not high quality, but man, tastes like childhood.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
The hard candies covered in lint from granny's handbag are a wonderful memory of my yute.
Posted by: Werther's Fanboy at February 19, 2026 08:51 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)
Next you will be telling me you hate Peeps, and Circus Peanuts. I will pray for you.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 08:51 AM (pDt9x)
You grandparents had jars? Luxury!!
We used to dream of jars! When I were a lad, we had to make do with a bit of damp moss and a prayer that it’d hold the turnip water long enough to not leak all over me mum’s only good smock. Jars? Pah! We’d have killed for a jar. Proper glass ones, mind. None of your fancy screw-top nonsense.
We’d scrape the lichen off rocks and call it a lid. If we were lucky, the wind would blow a pebble in the right direction and seal it shut for a day. And you lot complain about lids that don’t quite match the thread? Luxury!
We had to chew the moss to make it sticky, then hold our breath while we prayed to St. Fibberius the Patron of Slightly Leaky Containers. If the moss held, we feasted like kings on half a cup of rainwater and a weevil we found in the corner. If it didn’t, we drank the disappointment straight from the rock and told ourselves it built character.
And you stand there moaning about “the seal was faulty” and “the jam leaked onto the shelf”? Luxury! We’d have licked the shelf clean and thanked the gods for the free seasoning.
You’ve got no idea. None. Jars. Bloody jars. Luxury!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2026 08:52 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 08:46 AM (46za5)
180 degree opposite for me. As a kid, maybe 5 or 6 years old, I was unaware that the chocolate and mint combination existed. Was at a birthday party at Farrell's and I asked for chocolate chip ice cream. You know - essentially vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips in it. Well, they brought me mint chocolate chip. The smell alone made me want to hurl.
I enjoy both chocolate and mint on their own. But put them together, and it's akin to a exposing me to binary chemical weapons!
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:52 AM (tceez)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 19, 2026 08:52 AM (iNLnt)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 08:54 AM (pDt9x)
It was no accident how many of the invaders they chose were haitians, somalis, etc.
No way out of this that isn't straight through rivers of blood. I suspect one thing that will help is that things will come to a head in the EU or UK first and make things really obvious.
Posted by: heya at February 19, 2026 08:55 AM (23NNO)
Give this man a raise!
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Students tried to do anti-ICE walkout but were threatened with suspension so they were forced to return to class
THIS IS THE WAY
Kudos to this school!
https://tinyurl.com/3eayt34s
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:55 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at February 19, 2026 08:56 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Bulg
>Their quality and taste have really tanked. Now the texture of the chocolate is like wax and the peanut butter tastes like sawdust or ash.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 08:56 AM (gVUi7)
Chocolate covered almonds - good flavor and crunch combo
Chocolate peanut butter cup - excellent flavor combo but the ratio needs to be just right
Chocolate covered wafer - Kit kat does this really well
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)
That's not what happened but even so you pretend you're all about Free Speech right retard?
Evil dick sucker.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 08:56 AM (cntUY)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 08:57 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:58 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Algae is Green. And You Wouldn't Eat That! at February 19, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)
The law is on the books. You have 365 to get before a judge and get your green card or as they say A M F.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 08:59 AM (gbOdA)
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Many people have been impacted by errors in usage
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 08:13 AM (OZ5rj)
Is there any way to ensure correct usage while allowing one to insure against damages?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 08:18 AM (wVcYX)
I would like to compliment you on providing a complement to the first comment.
Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2026 08:29 AM (tceez
It's the principal of the matter.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 08:59 AM (cntUY)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 08:57 AM (j6kTf)
They claim Ireland.
They moved their studios out of Ireland because of the tax rate being too high.
They are hypocrites. And The Edge is a shitty guitar player.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:59 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 08:59 AM (Kc+Vz)
Of King Cuckold III's many character flaws, I don't think pedophilia is one of them.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)
Former IDF Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin suggested Wednesday that such a confrontation could be imminent.
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Wut? Is Iran a threat to America right now, or is this a "humanitarian war", to help out the Iranian population?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 09:02 AM (6fBYQ)
Of King Cuckold III's many character flaws, I don't think pedophilia is one of them.
Posted by: 18-1
He's more into
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 09:02 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 09:02 AM (6fBYQ)
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Embrace the power of "and"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 08:58 AM (PpBto)
*******
Or on your pillow at a nice hotel.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 09:05 AM (NpAcC)
MIC War. Its always a MIC war.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 19, 2026 09:05 AM (a3CJ+)
@libsoftiktok
Students tried to do anti-ICE walkout but were threatened with suspension so they were forced to return to class"
Our school system has been plagued by these walk-outs. Schools of been sanctioning them, if not outright organizing them. Lots of pissed off parents like me are being told there is nothing they can do. BS. Also lots of foreign flags, especially Mexican, at their protests. Not one American that I have seen.
Good, obedient skulls of mush should move to Mexico.
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2026 09:06 AM (GUOwU)
They've been a threat to America for the last three decades at least. They export terrorism, threaten world stability with their nuclear ambitions and collude with our enemies to disrupt our domestic stability.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:06 AM (cntUY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2026 09:07 AM (jtM2q)
Same color as restaurant "key lime" crap
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:07 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Don Black. Release the pedants! at February 19, 2026 09:08 AM (ZxPkt)
Same color as restaurant "key lime" crap
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:07 AM (cGjQu)
Avenge me!
Posted by: Red Dye #2 at February 19, 2026 09:09 AM (wVcYX)
So Law and Order leads to less Police killings.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:10 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 09:10 AM (Mqqv0)
Only interesting in a soap opera entertainment way.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 19, 2026 09:10 AM (cntUY)
Posted by: Ron Asheton at February 19, 2026 09:10 AM (M3HT1)
https://tinyurl.com/3kxawpyu
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 09:10 AM (eS0yE)
I wasn't about to join AARP -- especially without knowing whether Hartford could save me more on the insurance than the membership fee would run. What a mess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:11 AM (wzUl9)
Are we required, once again, to remind people that Iran declared war on the United States in 1979. That Iran has never rescinded that declaration of war. That Iran has funded terrorist activities around the world with the aim of harming America and Americans?
Yes, Iran is a threat to America right now.
Yes, Iran would be a threat to America even if Israel were our greatest enemy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Don Black. Release the pedants! at February 19, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Algae is Green. And You Wouldn't Eat That! at February 19, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)
******
You can use spinach to achieve the green color without affecting the taste.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)
https://tinyurl.com/3kxawpyu
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026
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Corrected for clarity
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 09:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
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More like "don't use the troll's name because the back end is simplistic."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
Chuck seems to get along well with Anne and reasonably well with Edward.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 09:14 AM (qyidn)
King Charles "supporting" it?
What's the point of being part of the royal family if you can't boink whomever you want and the king backs you?
Tear down the monarchy and give the UK a real government with a real executive, not a figurehead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
Jeff Spicoli hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 09:15 AM (PpBto)
Re: Voter ID - My working theory is that the Democrats are fighting it so hard not only to hide fraud (the obvious), but to hide the true number of illegals.
We laugh at how they've consistently maintained there are "11 million illegal immigrants" since - what? - the 1970's??
Comparing voter turnout in recent years to a national Voter ID requirement election in 2028 would/will be bananas.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:15 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
Jeff Spicoli hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 19, 2026 09:15 AM (PpBto)
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Spicoli does it right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:15 AM (GBKbO)
Re: Voter ID - My working theory is that the Democrats are fighting it so hard not only to hide fraud (the obvious), but to hide the true number of illegals.
We laugh at how they've consistently maintained there are "11 million illegal immigrants" since - what? - the 1970's??
Comparing voter turnout in recent years to a national Voter ID requirement election in 2028 would/will be bananas.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:15 AM (tj6OY)
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I think they just fight on every hill like its the hill to die on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
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#Metoo. But I would probably eat the chocolate off and toss the strawberries.
Has anyone tried chocolate covered potato chips. I hesitated to try it, but they're actually quite good. Chocolate improves everything it touches. And this is torture because I gave it up for Lent.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:13 AM (
Can the commentariat yell for trolls to get off their lawn??
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: redridinghood
No! Don't do that!
Posted by: Bluto at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (oftw2)
“By the end of 2nd grade according to their own curriculum: Differentiate between gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation
They need to know how to define vaginal, oral, and anal sex, how to perceive consent to sexual activity, how to identify short and long term contraception, and safer sex methods that are effective and how to identify and access and use them and to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Why not just come out and say we are gonna fuck the children?
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
Charles is the Head of State, not the Head of Government. That would be Sir Kier Starmer so the second half of your wish is granted.
They have a real government. One that they voted for.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)
Last night I took an Uber and since drives for a living I asked the guy if they had done some major traffic work in the last year or two.
He told me "no, it's the crackdown. The detention center is packed full, people are leaving, and others are hiding in people's houses who have legal status."
He didn't seem that perturbed about it, besides it hurting Uber business. He was just like "eh, I'm here legally, and I'm going back to Ghana in a couple years anyway, not my problem."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2026 09:17 AM (/Spxx)
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:17 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (Mqqv0)
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Just assume their words will morph into something scatalogical and stupid, and then insult them on those grounds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:17 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 09:17 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Don Black. Release the pedants! at February 19, 2026 09:18 AM (ZxPkt)
They have a real government. One that they voted for.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)
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If Charles technically has the power to tell Starmer to vacate his post, he's the real executive and the PM is just a steward or a regent to the real executive.
Also, Parliament is a fake government structure. Legislature and executive should be actually separate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:15 AM (tj6OY)
I file of 9 M voter from Cali have 75% no match when checked against SS Admin.
My guess is any large county (eg Harris Cty TX) has 2 to 3% illegals, 10% moved, and 4 or 5% fake.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM (gbOdA)
https://tinyurl.com/3kxawpyu
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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I think Kamala hits the five o'clock hour about 9 o'clock every morning.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Auspex"
This is a lie propagated by Big Penguin.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM (qyidn)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM (bRgDE)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM (bRgDE)
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I feel seen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2026 09:20 AM (dtajH)
Just as a reminder, "humanitarian" is an attribute of Whiteness™ Only White Nationalists® and Racists® would desire it.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 19, 2026 09:20 AM (WCaCG)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)
She was trying to relate to the local population.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 19, 2026 09:22 AM (/TiS1)
Which is why the SAVE Act is so important
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2026 09:20 AM (dtajH)
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El Paso's early voting numbers are way down compared to the rest of the state of Texas.
Why? Because the city has been emptied out?
Or...because illegals and those tied to illegals are terrified of presenting themselves to authorities.
Remember, the influx of illegals didn't make GA go from red to blue from 2020 to 2024. It actually turned GA from blue to red. Why? Because the vast majority of election chicanery isn't illegals actually voting, it's vote counters using expanded voter rolls to stuff ballot boxes.
Illegals being in country doesn't really affect voting. Illegals being on the voter rolls does. Election fights that matter are happening from the DOJ Civil Rights Division headed by Dhillon, suing to have voter rolls cleared.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:22 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:22 AM (gbOdA)
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We'll get to that under the next Trump administration, in 2040.
Posted by: Pam Blondi at February 19, 2026 09:23 AM (vqA1l)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)
Where would bacon stand, in your analysis?
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:23 AM (pDt9x)
Also, Parliament is a fake government structure. Legislature and executive should be actually separate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)
1. I'm pretty sure that if the monarch were to remove the PM, even an unpopular one like Starmer, the Labour super-majority in Parliament would remove that power from the crown.
2. "Parliament is a fake government structure. Legislature and executive should be actually separate." - Much as it pains me to say this... you are correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)
True, but protecting illegals has become all-consuming.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:23 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)
Bacon-wrapped chocolate-covered cheese puffs?
Should they be deep fried or grilled?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 09:23 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 19, 2026 09:19 AM
Narrator: The Blade is not wrong.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 09:24 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)
True, but protecting illegals has become all-consuming.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:23 AM (tj6OY)
20 million illegals is around 25 to 30 house seats and 25 to 30 votes in the EC.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:24 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 09:16 AM (3ImbR)
******
I love chocolate covered potato chips. I'm a fan of sweet and salty.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)
2. "Parliament is a fake government structure. Legislature and executive should be actually separate." - Much as it pains me to say this... you are correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)
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Yeah, that's kind of my whole viewpoint.
King Charles being "head of state" who can't actually doing anything? The structure is rotten. He's either executive of the government, or he's a tourist attraction. Pick one. And if he's a tourist attraction, then Parliament needs to be dissolved because it's fake and gay and a remnant from when the King was actually the head of government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)
Get real fuckin name douche
And shut the fuck up
Posted by: melodicmetal1
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Bono is starting to look like he might have transitioned a while back. But just hasn't announced it yet.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 19, 2026 09:26 AM (TtdNq)
Posted by: tubal
Below cheese.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)
Sounds like The Cheese stands alone then.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:26 AM (pDt9x)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: tubal
Below cheese.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)
Sounds like The Cheese stands alone then.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:26 AM (pDt9x)
The food fights begun they have
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 09:27 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: tubal
Cheese is pretty much the perfect food, in my opinion.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)
Includes everything from cookies, candies and ice cream.
Excellent!
Breyer's delicious mint chip ice cream is *not* green.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:27 AM (tj6OY)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM
Bono. Springsteen.
Who are these people who speak to us as though we needed their advice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 09:27 AM (kgE5c)
“By the end of 2nd grade according to their own curriculum: Differentiate between gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation
They need to know how to define vaginal, oral, and anal sex, how to perceive consent to sexual activity, how to identify short and long term contraception, and safer sex methods that are effective and how to identify and access and use them and to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Why not just come out and say we are gonna fuck the children?
Posted by: r hennigantx
Because people like me would literally nail them to a barn door.
BFH & Nine Inch Nails.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2026 09:28 AM (SD6jB)
Posted by: tubal
Below cheese.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)
Sounds like The Cheese stands alone then.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:26 AM (pDt9x)
Is the standing binding?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2026 09:28 AM (wVcYX)
It’s s shame they went full retard.
Posted by: I Choose Dogs at February 19, 2026 09:28 AM (TtdNq)
Bono started a slow clap and then said "everytime I clap my hands a child dies in Africa."
A bloke in the audience then yelled out "Then stop clapping!!"
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2026 09:28 AM (dtajH)
Includes everything from cookies, candies and ice cream.
Hmmm...I do have some good mint chocolate squares...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 09:28 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (GBKbO)
He's the guy who gets blamed for shit because he isn't his mother and because he behaved horribly in his first marriage to Diana (a woman of singular purity and wonderfulness who was in no way party to the issues in their union and who was just swept up in the romance of it all - blech).
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM
Bono. Springsteen.
Who are these people who speak to us as though we needed their advice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2026 09:27 AM (kgE5c)
The Bitter Old Lesbian Effect. They all Transmorgify into Rosie O’Donnell in the end.
Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2026 09:29 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2026 09:29 AM (tj6OY)
Yeah. And she was getting her dodi on in the back seat of that merc....
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)
BFH & Nine Inch Nails."
Nah. Don't waste good spikes.
/Vlad
Posted by: man at February 19, 2026 09:33 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: tubal
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Below cheese.
Posted by: Bulg at February 19, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)
~~~~~
Cast out this interloper!
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (3ImbR)
>He needs to save democracy so his daughter can continue to compete in tony equestrian show jumping events.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at February 19, 2026 09:36 AM (vqA1l)
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Yeah, everyone knows NJ is committed to democracy.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 19, 2026 09:45 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Wofus at February 19, 2026 10:35 AM (CNa+A)
AI Overview: During President Bill Clinton's two terms (1993–2001), the U.S. saw a significant rise in undocumented immigration, with the estimated undocumented population increasing by approximately 300,000 to 500,000 annually, bringing the total estimate to around 7.8 million by 2001.
Data suggests that there were approximately 870,000 to 900,000 formal removals (deportations) during the 8 years of the Clinton administration, along with a much higher number of "returns" where individuals were sent back to their home country at the border rather than through formal removals.
President Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) in 1996, which drastically increased penalties, expanded the definition of crimes leading to deportation, and expedited the removal process.
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Analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies indicates that approximately 2.5 million new illegal immigrants joined the unauthorized population between January 2009 and mid-2015, the Obama administrations.
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 10:36 AM (NFX2v)
Therefore, the total number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. might have remained relatively stable, estimated at around 11–12 million, because the new arrivals were offset by those who left via deportation or voluntary departure.
Note: It has been reported that both the Clinton and the Obama administrations shifted their focus to deporting individuals with criminal records or those recently caught at the border, rather than focusing on those established in the interior. (Convenient to report NOW?)
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>From above, Victor Davis Hanson: Biden’s border chaos wasn’t accidental—it was a political strategy to reshape America’s electorate and expand left-wing power.
Why Exactly Did They Destroy the Border?
The plan? 🤷♀️ But ...
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 10:36 AM (NFX2v)
History shows that when just 3.5 percent of a population—about 12 million Americans—engage in peaceful protest, their demands become nearly impossible to ignore. This is particularly relevant today, as Americans continue to defend due process and health care rights amid a rise in authoritarian policies. Aug. 6, 2025
If the US population is 340 million, that's slightly less than 12 million people. 🤔
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John Podesta served as Chief of Staff to Clinton, 1998–2001; co-chaired Obama's transition team, 2008; served as (Climate) Counselor to Barack Obama, 2014–2015, and chaired Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
He served as senior adviser to President Biden for clean energy innovation and implementation, and lead the implementation of the $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act's climate provisions. Then he succeeded John Kerry as the U.S. special climate envoy.
>He founded CAP in 2003 & the Washington Center for 'Equitable Growth.' He & they continue shaping government.
More Undocumented in under Biden than 3.5% of the US pop. Havoc.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 10:36 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 19, 2026 10:59 AM (NFX2v)
Let me explain a tactic most people don't understand. Suspect is in an interrogation room. Cop walks in and says, "Bad news, we found your fingerprints all over the murder weapon."
The suspect says "That's bullshit, I was int he room, but I never tounched the murder weapon!"
Kash says "We found them" then doesn't name names. What happens? All these organizations immediately stop funding. They also start taking other actions to protect themselves from prosecution. Paid protestors start to worry they might get dragged in. Suddenly $20/hr to protest or organize doesn't look like such a great job. Many people quit, go to ground, and hope they aren't targeted. Kash, by saying that, has already moved the ball far down the field.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 19, 2026 01:19 PM (vOtXJ)
Daily Tech News 19 February 2026
Top Story
- Open source game engine Godot is getting overwhelmed with pull requests on GitHub. (PC Gamer)
It's taken a surprising amount of time for AI to turn into an avalanche of spam like email and blog comments.
But it's here now, and the spam filters need to catch up.
Quickly.
Tech News
- The CEO of SSD controller company Phison says many consumer electronics companies will be forced to close their doors because they can't buy the chips to continue operations. (Tom's Hardware)
In the talk, he describes a meeting in China where he witnessed mobile and automotive companies (presumably major ones) pleading suppliers for flash memory. He concludes that smaller firms may not be able to secure any flash supply at all, stating that "consumer electronics are finished," and that the market "will see a lot of victims" in the second half of 2026.
There is at least a light at the end of the tunnel.Later in the interview he says that he "[tells his clients] that if the first quarter of this year is painful, really painful, then by year-end, they'll definitely jump off a building."
But it's an oncoming train.
- The Dutch defense secretary says you can jailbreak an F35 just like you can an iPhone, so pissant Eurocrats don't need to worry about the US. (The Register)
First, you can't jailbreak iPhones.
Second, you can't jailbreak F35s either. Unless you are prepared to somehow replace the avionics and the software yourself.
Third, a supplicant threatening their own benefactor rarely turns out well.
But then, the Netherlands - at least, the lower house in their parliament, it has yet to pass their senate - just approved a 36% annual tax on unrealised capital gains, so I think they are simply incapable of learning at this point.
- How many bits do you need to use to create a unique ID tag for everything in the universe, ever? (Jason Fantl)
Less than 800 bits.
For each subatomic particle, at each instant in time.
Whether you attach the little tags with string or tape is left as an exercise for the student.
Disclaimer: Ten points to House M for picking up on the astronomical disclaimer yesterday.
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If you get a moment, you might want to take a look at the ads that have been hijacking the "Continue reading" links on the front page.
They turn them into popovers that cover everything and the URL becomes ace.mu.nu / #passage-ads (remove spaces as appropriate).
Posted by: Bitblt at February 19, 2026 04:20 AM (11pZm)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)
Up at vacation home in north Israel. Things to maintain.
But first, time soon for lunch out with Mrs. BD.
No time to even catch up on news. Dunno what's going on in the world. Maybe l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 19, 2026 04:24 AM (VFv8R)
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 19, 2026 04:27 AM (Ys0s/)
; )
Always a lert!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 04:28 AM (+YA9H)
Trump prepares to strike Iran in just days.
Posted by: fourseasons
================
It's a little early, but this is the fun part:
Where will the mullahs go?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 04:29 AM (aM1Wh)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 19, 2026 04:32 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 04:33 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 19, 2026 04:33 AM (NvzRg)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 04:29 AM (aM1Wh)
No Vacancy!
You ever seen my bottom half? No way I'm letting those guys anywhere near me.
Posted by: Satan at February 19, 2026 04:33 AM (06Hmj)
We're not just going to rob you for everything you have, no.. we also want everything we think you'll ever earn from this point forward. In the old days, mobsters used guns, kidnapping, and extortion.. nowadays they use bureaucratic overreach..
But remember, proles, they're doing this for *you*, out of some sense of social altruism, because the problem with capitalists and their corporations is *their* insatiable greed..
Posted by: General Turgidson at February 19, 2026 04:33 AM (koFAO)
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2026 04:34 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 19, 2026 04:35 AM (3ek7K)
.................................
They open gas station chains in Ottawa and SoCal..
Posted by: General Turgidson at February 19, 2026 04:36 AM (koFAO)
Float a couple million tons of exploding freedom off shore and then ostentatiously start picking petals off a daisy to decide if you're going to make a country cease to exist or not.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2026 04:36 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 04:42 AM (iMotb)
It's a neat little machine. Just a shame it either sat around gathering rust, or got used as a damn doorstop by the idiots who used to own it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2026 04:42 AM (06Hmj)
Trump prepares to strike Iran in just days.
Posted by: fourseasons
================
It's a little early, but this is the fun part:
Where will the mullahs go?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 04:29 AM (aM1Wh)
Do you have a guess?
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 04:45 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 04:49 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 04:50 AM (+YA9H)
If your AA batteries are swelling up, they need to be replaced, whether they are rechargeable or not, and whether they still hold a charge or not. (Also, I don’t think I ever used rechargeables when I had a Magic Mouse that used AA batteries. I wasn’t even aware that the mouse itself could recharge batteries.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 04:55 AM (EXyHK)
Good news yesterday: I finally heard from the investment company handling the pension I did not know about from my 1978-87 employer. They are sending me the paperwork by express mail. There's some good change there, and I can decide what to do with it. It's essentially found money!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 04:56 AM (wzUl9)
60.1 degrees out, and a wonderful temperature for a morning walk in a bit.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026
***
71 here. Gah. Yes, it's good workout weather; I planned to take it easy, just a mile today. But this is too warm for the time of year: 82 expected as a high this pm.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 05:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 05:01 AM (wiltx)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 05:05 AM (iMotb)
If your AA batteries are swelling up, they need to be replaced, whether they are rechargeable or not, and whether they still hold a charge or not. (Also, I don’t think I ever used rechargeables when I had a Magic Mouse that used AA batteries. I wasn’t even aware that the mouse itself could recharge batteries.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 04:55 AM (EXyHK)
This mouse can't recharge the batteries. I have a separate, plug-in 2-battery recharger.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:05 AM (+YA9H)
Gee, how far we have fallen from full service stations and "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star -- the big red Texaco star!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 05:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fluffy at February 19, 2026 05:08 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 19, 2026 05:09 AM (2Ez/1)
The amount of pixilation went from occasional down to maybe half of one second in several hours of TV watching.
So a marked improvement there.
Scanning channels and reviewing signal strength shows a total of 58 channels coming in off the attic mounted antenna, and most of them with very good signal strength and SNR.
So, for ten bucks, I'm pretty happy.
And the HVAC guys will be replacing the thermostat wires with shielded, dual twisted pair today, and that should finish that project up as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 05:10 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: colin at February 19, 2026 05:11 AM (e8qy3)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 19, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)
That makes more sense.
I actually still have my AA Magic Mouse, it’s on a very old FireWire iMac that I use for ripping vinyl. Haven’t had to change the batteries in forever, but that’s because I don’t buy that much music any more.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 05:14 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 05:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 05:20 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 19, 2026 05:23 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026
***
SPB, who wrote that?
I agree with the sentiment. Getting up early makes me feel as if the world is all mine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 05:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 04:49 AM (iMotb)
Statesmen.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:27 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 05:29 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 05:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at February 19, 2026 05:32 AM (2Ez/1)
And about four days ago she showed me a post from a neighbor about this apparent effort by a local business woman to rile up the High School students, and the poster made some rather specific claims about the actions of the local business woman that made me sort of roll my eyes, and simply say "I hope she turned this over to the authorities'.
Well, what do you know.
https://tinyurl.com/4yx7ap9v
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 05:34 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 05:34 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 05:35 AM (iMotb)
Marlin Brando. Just saw it this morning on the National Motorists Assn. blog.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 05:37 AM (EXyHK)
Fox News
@FoxNews
14h
BUDGET CUTS: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani aims to cancel 5,000 NYPD officer hires and proposes a cut to the department's budget to address the city's deficit.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:40 AM (+YA9H)
Well, what do you know.
https://tinyurl.com/4yx7ap9v
+++++
It was always the women.
Posted by: G. Orwell at February 19, 2026 05:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 04:49 AM (iMotb)
Statesmen.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:27 AM (+YA9H)
[snark]
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:42 AM (+YA9H)
Fox News
@FoxNews
14h
BUDGET CUTS: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani aims to cancel 5,000 NYPD officer hires and proposes a cut to the department's budget to address the city's deficit.
Posted by: m
Amazing, and we're all alive to witness such 'Progress'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 05:44 AM (wiltx)
>>There were, he says, "homophobic slurs."
Those are probably made up bull crap to enhance the complaint.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 05:46 AM (XV/Pl)
Prince Andrew has been arrested by British authorities. An interesting day already
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 05:47 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 05:48 AM (46za5)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:40 AM (+YA9H)
Not taking long at all for NYC residents to get what they voted for - and to get it good and hard.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 05:51 AM (46za5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 05:47 AM (Kc+Vz)
yikes
BBC:
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:52 AM (+YA9H)
So, for ten bucks, I'm pretty happy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 05:10 AM (iMotb)
That'd pretty good.
You must be picking up channels from Columbia and Savannah on top of Charleston. Or is that just counting digital sub-channels, too?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 05:53 AM (6ydKt)
If you starve off and kill the consumer electronics market, who exactly do you think you're going to sell your chips to when the AI bubble pops?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 19, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:55 AM (+YA9H)
Not at all. But there may be a new, more diverse family installed.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 05:56 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 05:52 AM (+YA9H)
Funny - everyone in British government has known what he was up to for years. But now Starmer is flailing and desperate to publicly throw anyone under the bus to try and distract from his own problems.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 05:57 AM (46za5)
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
defending the fatherless and the oppressed,
so that mere earthly mortals
will never again strike terror.”
Psalm 10:17-18
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2026 05:57 AM (rTiUi)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 19, 2026 05:57 AM (DDJSl)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at February 19, 2026 06:01 AM (wOO3z)
https://tinyurl.com/2s25sswd
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 06:03 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:04 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at February 19, 2026 06:01 AM (wOO3z)
Yeah, those numbers jumped up quick when we went to digital and every channel could add two or three sub-channels on their frequency.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:07 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:10 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 19, 2026 06:12 AM (ekpi1)
https://tinyurl.com/u45vruv6
(BBC.com coverage w/ live video link)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:13 AM (6ydKt)
We've seen what Shakespeare could do with this kind of source material. Now we don't even have Tom Stoppard. Gonna have to be a musical.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 19, 2026 06:13 AM (zdLoL)
You made Pixy panic.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 19, 2026 06:12 AM (ekpi1)
?
16 Burma!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 19, 2026 04:32 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:13 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 06:14 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:15 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 06:16 AM (qdur7)
The arresting officer jumped out of a cake.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 19, 2026 06:16 AM (EXyHK)
Some day, a judge will suggest that developing a thicker skin would be a good idea to these people.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 06:17 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 19, 2026 06:21 AM (ekpi1)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 19, 2026 06:21 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 06:22 AM (qdur7)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2026 06:25 AM (qdur7)
It's part of a Monty Python skit.
"Why did you say 'Burma'?"
"I panicked."
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 19, 2026 06:21 AM (ekpi1)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:25 AM (+YA9H)
----
they seem uninterested in the UK's islamization and decline
Posted by: Don Black. Release the pedants! at February 19, 2026 06:27 AM (ZxPkt)
https://tinyurl.com/yc3jpkdt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 06:27 AM (rZCVI)
I wouldn't either at that pump rate.
Also: Most fuel stations have only two large storage tanks, and the delivery trucks only carry two types of fuel: The low octane (regular) variety, and the high octane one. Mid-grade is blended at the pump from the two.
As noted in the video I'll link below, the line of gas stations the guy's referring to does sell ethanol free gasoline, but only in the form of their 91 octane gasoline.
So, it might be worthwhile testing the high octane stuff at whatever station you're going to, to find out if theirs is also ethanol free.
See here:
https://youtu.be/c3if0nZqgvM
The testing vial he refers to:
https://tinyurl.com/6mr6b8jw
I'm sure something similar would be available in the USA.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 19, 2026 06:28 AM (O7YUW)
https://tinyurl.com/44ette9w
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 06:31 AM (rZCVI)
Around 3:30, but you have to watch up to there to get the context.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 19, 2026 06:21 AM (BLOW1)
haha!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:33 AM (+YA9H)
Do they get to follow him into the cell?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2026 06:34 AM (rZCVI)
Do they get to follow him into the cell?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)
... with a rope?
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:34 AM (+YA9H)
William is a product of the same process. Don't expect great things.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 19, 2026 06:35 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:35 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 19, 2026 06:35 AM (O7YUW)
So I wouldn't expect him to stray too far from their example.
If things get bad enough he may surprise us, though.
Chuck has cancer so no telling how long he'll still be around.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 19, 2026 06:35 AM (O7YUW)
Go, team!
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:39 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 19, 2026 06:41 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:34 AM (+YA9H)
BBC seems to think he'll just be questioned and released, so it may not get that far.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:41 AM (6ydKt)
I wonder if they have anything new coming out?
They also have an excellent side band, forget the name.
Wait, think they are called The Monarchs.
Posted by: Ted Bell at February 19, 2026 06:44 AM (OxoDL)
----
they seem uninterested in the UK's islamization and decline"
They've been declining since the 1940s. They had an empire but decided it wasn't worth the bother to keep it. Anyone with any spunk was killed off in either WW1 or WW2. The colonial troops that fought or support both wars noticed that they had been conquered by a right bunch of idiots and acted accordingly.
In the early 2000s, we had traveled to Britain to see the sights. London had already starting being more Muslim than British and watching the utter incompetence around clearing the area around the changing of guard (which is a recurring experience) was mind-boggling. I had discussed this with a dot Indian who worked with me at Nortel who had also watched the same clusterfuck at some other date; he was ashamed that his country had been conquered by that bunch of idiots.
The British are like the New Zealand Kiwi (birds, that is). If you grow up without predators, you can optimize for the wrong things when predators eventually show up.
AWFLs have done something similar, except the Kiwi birds didn't invite rats to my knowledge.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 19, 2026 06:45 AM (ekpi1)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 19, 2026 06:45 AM (zdLoL)
That doesn't sound good. So what happened to all the free stuff he promised? I guess with no police around everything is free? A man of his word.
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 06:48 AM (j6kTf)
So it's not about underage girls, but his running his mouth off as favors.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:48 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:48 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 19, 2026 06:49 AM (gbOdA)
The ex-senior police officer says that by arresting Andrew, police will be able “to access computer equipment, files, photographs, any other evidence”.
He also says officers “can carry out searches of any premises he owns or occupies, or any other premises he controls, so there may well be searches in other areas as well”
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2026 06:49 AM (ltlJR)
We cannot possibly be talking about the same Britain.
Honest to God, did that just come out of your mouth?
Is there not a word on the history of England on your cereal box?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 19, 2026 06:50 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 06:51 AM (Kc+Vz)
So it's not about underage girls, but his running his mouth off as favors.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:48 AM (6ydKt)
The arrest gives them access to his stuff:
BBC:
... by arresting Andrew, police will be able "to access computer equipment, files, photographs, any other evidence".
He also says officers "can carry out searches of any premises he owns or occupies, or any other premises he controls, so there may well be searches in other areas as well".
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:52 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 06:53 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:54 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at February 19, 2026 06:56 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:52 AM (+YA9H)
I'm not saying Andy is a genius, but you have to think he's smart enough to have long ago destroyed anything that would incriminate him.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 06:56 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2026 06:56 AM (Q+gd/)
How long can police hold Andrew for?
Our colleagues at BBC Radio 5 Live have been speaking to Danny Shaw, a policing commentator, about what Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest actually involves.
Shaw says the absolute longest the former prince can be held for is 96 hours - but this would require multiple extensions from senior police officers and a Magistrate's Court.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:57 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I find it interesting they'd arrest the brother of the king before arresting any of the grooming gangs that are raping their country.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 19, 2026 06:58 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:57 AM (+YA9H)
---
I don't think that will be a problem.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 19, 2026 06:58 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 06:58 AM (Kc+Vz)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 06:58 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: fd
Grasping and failing for relevance. Bless there hearts.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 19, 2026 06:59 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 07:01 AM (Kc+Vz)
Honest to God, did that just come out of your mouth?
Is there not a word on the history of England on your cereal box?"
Fine. Please explain to me how the absolute invasion of Britain by non-Europeans has happened with absolutely no effective push back.
The pre-WW1 British wouldn't have stood for it. The pre-WW2 wouldn't have either. But, here we are with the British are being replaced in their homeland.
Don't get me wrong. Our "special relationship" with the British started when they exterminated most of their men in WW1 and need more bodies. They weren't our friends in 1812 and they wanted to side with the Confederates in the 1860s which made them not friends with the USA. They had the balls to bitch when we showed up WW2 as if we had a duty to bail their sorry asses out.
Our first President was correct; Europe can go fuck itself. The colonists left for damned good reasons.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 19, 2026 07:03 AM (ekpi1)
Gotcha ya
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 07:04 AM (2GVsD)
"Should taxpayers use AI to file their 2026 taxes? Here's what experts had to say"
I say go for it. What's the worst that can happen?
Posted by: An Expert at February 19, 2026 07:04 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2026 07:05 AM (wj6F+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 07:07 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
"But my good fellow, that would be raysis! We cannot be seen as beastly to the young men of indeterminate skin tone and unknown religious affiliation!"
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:09 AM (RjOoY)
Hilarious.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 19, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 07:12 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at February 19, 2026
***
No, I stayed, but avoided all the craziness. Miss Linda and I went out for coffee and then visited a wetlands park that is hidden near where we live. A gravel trail leads through it. On previous visits we saw a couple of armadillos; this time, only a lone egret.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 19, 2026 07:13 AM (LOZbR)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 07:14 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 07:14 AM (gVUi7)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:15 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2026 07:16 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:17 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 19, 2026 07:14 AM (gVUi7)
Andrew and whose army?
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 07:17 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026 07:17 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 19, 2026 07:18 AM (RjOoY)
Buckingham Palace said they would support Thames Valley Police in their inquiries.
And that potentially means the police have gone to the Palace, or could go to the Palace, asking to see evidence of communications between Andrew and others.
Posted by: m at February 19, 2026 07:18 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2026 07:18 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fd at February 19, 2026
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Do those little buggers live in So. California? Or did they in 1931? Maybe the director thought they were exotic and unusual enough to creep out audiences . . . but if SoCal people saw them on the roads all the time, that effect would be lost.
They certainly look exotic and creepy if you live where they don't.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)
I would not have guessed that you'd find armadillos in a wetlands area. My only experience with them was avoiding them in the Texas hill country while driving, since they've been known to wreck cars.
Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at February 19, 2026 07:22 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2026 07:24 AM (Kc+Vz)
The problem being that all matter is composed of energy fragments; and it is their geo-spacial locations, direction, and conjunctions that compose matter as we know it. (Larry M. Silverberg & Jeffrey W. Eischen)
Posted by: hooodathunkit at February 19, 2026 10:57 AM (NEud+)
Posted by: Tar Bae at February 19, 2026 12:38 PM (XDJiH)
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - February 18, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for very random mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. Happy Ash Wednesday. [Top photo: Muckross Abbey Yew tree, Loncarphotography]
Photo credit: Daviddphotos More about Muckross Abbey:
Muckross Abbey (Mainistir Locha Leinand Mainistir Mhucrois) was founded in 1448 by the Observantine faction of the Franciscan Order, with the political support and financial patronage of the Gaelic Irish Chieftain Donal Mac Mór Mac Chartaigh (Donal McCarthy Mor). Though known as "Muckross Abbey" the building was in fact a "Friary" not an Abbey. Abbeys, like the nearby monastery on Innisfallen Island, were built for the monks to live in, in isolation from society, leading a secluded contemplative life of prayer. However the Franciscan Friars living in this friary would regularly have travelled to nearby towns to preach to the local people and lived as a "mendicant order" having their food and supplies donated to them by local people, including the powerful McCarthy Clan.
Adjoining the North side of the church there is a cloister where the friars would have walked in meditative prayer. Today, a yew tree still stands at the centre; this is thought to be one of the oldest in Ireland, as it is likely up to 400 years old. In 1756, one of the first tourists to Killarney, the Englishman Charles Smith, wrote that it was one of the tallest yew trees he had ever seen: "Its spreading branches, like a great umbrella, overshadow the niches of the great cloister." (Unsurprisingly there is a great wealth of folklore still surviving about the tree and supernatural harm that strikes down anyone who interferes with it.)
Muckross Friary was sacked by the English forces of Elizabeth I during the Desmond Rebellions of the late 16th century. In 1652 a unit of Cromwell's New Model Army, under the command of an English General named Edmond Ludlow, raided the friary and removed its roof to render it uninhabitable. A number of the Franciscans were killed in this attack, the survivors fled to France as refugees, and the buildings were left abandoned.Anyone been there?
F4H-1F s/n 145310 was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1959 as the 11th pre-production Phantom. It was part of Operation Sageburner which set the low-altitude speed record at 902 mph at 125 feet as part of the U.S. Navy's 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation in 1961.Click the photo for the full listing. The same site has a flyable Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk for $5.5m if you're more into choppers.
What's in a name? If we called a wing by any other name, would it smell as sweet? The plaintiff, Aimen Halim, says no. The defendant, Buffalo Wild Wings ("BWW"), sells a product it calls "boneless wings," which are essentially chicken nuggets: pieces of chicken breast meat, deep-fried and tossed in whatever sauce or dry seasoning the customer wants. Halim, apparently, found this confusing. He claims that he thought boneless wings were real chicken wings with the bones removed. He says BWW's product should be called something different, something like "chicken poppers." Halim sued BWW over his confusion, but his complaint has no meat on its bones. Halim does not plausibly allege that reasonable consumers are deceived by boneless wings, so he has failed to state a plausible claim for relief.Shockingly, the judge did not dismiss the case outright. The plaintiff has until March 20 to amend his complaint.
During a Valentine's Day quarrel about infidelity, a man allegedly struck his female companion in the head with a thrown "Chick-fil-A spicy chicken sandwich," according to Florida police who arrested the suspect for domestic battery. Investigators say Theodore Anderson, 27, and the victim were having dinner in their home Saturday evening when they began to argue. The defendant, cops charge, "threw a Chick-fil-A spicy chicken sandwich, striking the victim on the head with it." Anderson then tossed a "styrofoam cup of blue Powerade," which left the woman soaked in sports drink. When officers arrived at the St. Petersburg residence, they reported spotting the Chick-fil-A delicacy "broken apart in the living room where the incident occurred." The sandwich was not collected as evidence.He seems nice. Hope she makes a life change. What a waste of a chicken sandwich...
Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 18, 2026 10:00 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mindful webworker - there will be signs at February 18, 2026 10:00 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 10:00 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 18, 2026 10:00 PM (DIY2E)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/)
Good evening all.
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 10:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 10:01 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 10:01 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 10:01 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 18, 2026 10:01 PM (DIY2E)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2026 10:02 PM (lnUu7)
Posted by: Bored in Boreal at February 18, 2026 10:02 PM (V2+n4)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 10:01 PM
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You're welcome. The bar is open!
Posted by: TRex - uncentered dino at February 18, 2026 10:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
That's all I got.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 10:02 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 18, 2026 10:02 PM (spvY+)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:04 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (jtM2q)
"Wing" has a plain English meaning.
Judge probably doesn't known what a "woman" is either.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (/lPRQ)
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You'll wish you bought that F-4 when you had the chance.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:04 PM (n1OCj)
We're going to kick Denmarkian ass and take Greenland?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2026 10:06 PM (lnUu7)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 18, 2026 10:06 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)
Just asking.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:06 PM (46za5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:04 PM (n1OCj)
What war would that be? I've been...busy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 10:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (jtM2q)
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"Living proof that if you put big enough engines on it, even a brick can fly"
-- Some clever military type
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 10:07 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 18, 2026 10:07 PM (spvY+)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 18, 2026 10:07 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:04 PM (n1OCj)
‘‘Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.”
Posted by: Will Shakespeare at February 18, 2026 10:08 PM (46za5)
And lest anyone think Star Wars has lost its cultural currency, the coolest car and the silliest car were awarded to Star Wars themed cars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2026 10:08 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 10:08 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:04 PM (n1OCj)
We're going to kick some Canuckistanian ass and annex Alberta?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2026 10:08 PM (lnUu7)
Times of Israel:
Trump reportedly told US could hit Iran as soon as Saturday, as he mulls potential strikes
Saturday is supposedly when the Gerald R. Ford arrives on station.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:09 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:09 PM (46za5)
XB-70 is the coolest in person.
A B-36 is just plumb beautiful. Like seeing Grace Kelly across a crowded room... if she was about 20 times the size of everyone else. The analogy limps.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)
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The Joint Chiefs are mullah-ing it over.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 10:08 PM (+HNx/)
Well know when the Pentagon starts ordering large quantities of falafel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)
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Iran?
We've been at war with them since the 70's. Just not willing to fight.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:10 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Free iran at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (sXfpA)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:04 PM (n1OCj)
We're going to kick some English ass and drive the Muslim invaders off of Airstrip One?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (lnUu7)
And Texas Pete is vinegar with red food coloring.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
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Try any flavor of Bravado Spice Company's hot sauces. I'm particularly fond of their *Pineapple-Habañero* but there are many from which to choose.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (rdVOm)
Religious fanatics do not negotiate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (46za5)
Love the history of the Abbey and the lovely photos. Never been to the Emerald Isle, but I keep hoping to see it one of these days...
And thank you strange and wonderful people of Pittsburgh! May you never change! (But clothing in public is not optional.)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (kB9dk)
Plus, I always liked the B-1. And the Vulcan by the British was pretty sexy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)
There is or was a Hash House in San Diego that made an amazing eggs Benedict. Always a long wait to get into.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (EXyHK)
The summer it came out, I don’t remember how many times I went to watch Smokey and the bandit. That’s when there were still little mall theaters and you could get a matinee ticket for $1.50
Posted by: Tom Servo
Oh! Core memory triggered!
$1.00 movie ticket at the AAFES theaters at the kaserns in Germany. Would throw popcorn at the mice running around on the floors. Damn. I miss the Cold War.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 18, 2026 10:11 PM (QVmho)
Judge probably doesn't known what a "woman" is either.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (/lPRQ)
In China, Wing could get you a Wong number.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 10:12 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 10:12 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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I hope my order from SGAmmo arrives before that.
Posted by: Cosda at February 18, 2026 10:12 PM (mWNuy)
Posted by: Monk Joke lover at February 18, 2026 10:12 PM (V2+n4)
And Texas Pete is vinegar with red food coloring.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
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Have you tried Scorned Woman hot sauce?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2026 10:12 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:10 PM (jtM2q)
I agree. Been saying since '79 that attacking and taking over an embassy is an Act of War.
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 10:13 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)
I assume that we will be deploying the Army to Dearborn if we are planning a lengthy campaign against Iran.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (zB3gF)
1 part grenadine
1 part white rum
2 parts grenadine
Shake with ice and strain.
Very good with Spirits of the Wasatch Pueblo chile vodka.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:04 PM (n1OCj)
We're going to kick some Ukrainian ass and give the Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, and Russians their ancestral lands back?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (lnUu7)
Posted by: True story at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (sXfpA)
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Not so much going as concluding. Iran has been at war with us since 1979.
Posted by: Methos at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (vSvIl)
Mango Habanero and Peach Ghost Pepper are my favs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2026 10:15 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 10:15 PM (+HNx/)
1 part grenadine
1 part white rum
2 parts grenadine
Shake with ice and strain.
Very good with Spirits of the Wasatch Pueblo chile vodka.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 10:14 PM (EXyHK)
Wait, why didnt you just say three parts grenadine?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (jtM2q)
I passed one on display on the way home from the texas MoMe. Its parked at the corner of some intersection on this long ass country road heading to Rt30 not "too" far from Corsicana. Very cool to look at. I remember one flying a long time ago at an air show. I remember it being frigging loud.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 10:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 18, 2026 10:15 PM (CDX35)
And Texas Pete is vinegar with red food coloring.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Always thought they were lame imitations of Tabasco. I still keep the original Tabasco around mostly for cooking but I use the Tabasco Smoked Chipotle like ketchup. That stuff is seriously good eats. And good on other eats, like empanadas and Mexican food.
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 10:16 PM (gKDq2)
And Texas Pete is vinegar with red food coloring.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
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Have you tried Scorned Woman hot sauce?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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I have a bottle of Hinges of Hell hot sauce.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2026 10:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2026 10:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Tonto say, Kemosabe, faint war drum in distant. Smoke signals but unclear. When sun burns out the sky and moon comes over mountain will know more.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 10:17 PM (LA6Ib)
(slumps against left margin, fans self)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (HEaqw)
I HATE habenero and all the scotch bonnet evil. Not the heat, the flavor.
Sriracha is good. Jalapeño based.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (8zz6B)
The Oregon Air National Guard has had a fighter squadron at Portland Airport since the 40's, and they used to have Phantoms.
Yes, they were loud.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (n1OCj)
It would make it easier to calculate. That’s from the 1957 cocktails book.
I use .4 to .55 ounces per part, calculating based on how much line juice is in one line. Math is sadly involved.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (EXyHK)
Oat milk and almond milk have entered the chat.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (lnUu7)
Nuggets and tenders should remain on the kiddie menu.
Go to Buffalo, in a few months, and have your mind blown.
It is the silver lining in a very dark cloud of a city.
Posted by: AOC's tits need to be bigger to win the WH at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (u7Cty)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (46za5)
I take it they didn't have a dog. My late beagle would have scarfed that sucker down before you had a chance to pick it up and throw it back at the douchebag boyfriend.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (3sXRv)
Just asking.
Posted by: Tonypete
I bet the "boneless wings" are from domestic chickens too, so they're also not Wild.
It's a three-fer. Not buffalo, not wild, not wings.
Like the People's Democratic Republic of Korea.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
Swell ONT!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2026 10:20 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (46za5)
What's the downside?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)
Saturday is supposedly when the Gerald R. Ford arrives on station.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:09 PM (n1OCj)
Bomb the mosques on Friday, when they are full of goatrapers with their asses in the air.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 10:21 PM (8zz6B)
It is the silver lining in a very dark cloud of a city.
Posted by: AOC's tits need to be bigger to win the WH at February 18, 2026 10:18 PM (u7Cty)
Hey now ...
***Spock eyebrow***
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 18, 2026 10:21 PM (3sXRv)
I mean I know what I am looking at, but I don't understand it
why
Posted by: Don Black: Heads up- I might be joking at February 18, 2026 10:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
I'm thinking the judge and lawyers are trying to figure out if they get a bunch of free boneless chicken wings out of this case. They can call it evidence. This case may drag on for years.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 10:15 PM (snZF9)
I’ll bet it was Canton, Texas. They’ve got a little military park there with a good bit of Vietnam era stuff. Stopped there with my 12 year old grandson once and looked around.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:21 PM (46za5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 10:22 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (46za5)
What's the downside?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
M.A.D.
That's what ...
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 18, 2026 10:22 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: mot at February 18, 2026 10:22 PM (gkbzD)
Posted by: Decline and Fall of the West at February 18, 2026 10:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: JQ at February 18
You should at least try them first! 😂
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 10:23 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 18, 2026 10:23 PM (y171U)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (46za5)
What's the downside?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Cheap invasion of Japan, Korea, and/or Taiwan?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2026 10:12 PM (XeU6L)
One of my favorites. Hardly see it in the stores anymore..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 10:24 PM (nbLIj)
Not so much going as concluding. Iran has been at war with us since 1979
Posted by: Methos
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Rapprochement is the way to handle this.
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at February 18, 2026 10:24 PM (XeU6L)
Rumor has it that the plan is to take out all the facilities used to control the population - Revolutionary Guard headquarters and bases, et. al.
Try to eliminate the regime's ability to suppress revolts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:24 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 18, 2026 10:24 PM (wiltx)
Posted by: Piper
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I don't really care for fresh carrots anyway. I seriously doubt that *dried* carrots would be better.
More for you! LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)
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More like 10 million.
But... who's counting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:25 PM (jtM2q)
I recall seeing the USAF Thunderbirds flying F-4s. Kind of like the ballerina hippos scene in Fantasia.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 18, 2026 10:26 PM (Fs0KI)
Bomb the mosques on Friday, when they are full of goatrapers with their asses in the air.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Those stories, back to back, of guys checking in to emergency with live 8" shells up their butt, foreshadowing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 10:26 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Roast The Friary! at February 18, 2026 10:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard
or, it's as gay as an autographed speedo from Liberace. Correct.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
Rumor has it that the plan is to take out all the facilities used to control the population - Revolutionary Guard headquarters and bases, et. al.
Try to eliminate the regime's ability to suppress revolts.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Let's just cut to the chase an bomb everything.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 10:29 PM (LA6Ib)
I watched a movie called "Frostbiter" which, if you really love Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" movie but you've already seen it 40 times this week, well, maybe try this. Vinegar Syndrome's transfer is far better than the movie deserves, but then, they tend to do that.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 18, 2026 10:29 PM (CHHv1)
Try to eliminate the regime's ability to suppress revolts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 18, 2026 10:24 PM (n1OCj)
Mosques are definitely part of the command and control apparatus of the regime. And they are full of committed muzzies. Not Christians, not Jews, not Zoroastrians. Worthy targets.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
Damn. Thats pretty gay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 10:30 PM (zZu0s)
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I could probably name 1,000 people who might say this.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 10:30 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mot
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FWIW, Jesse Folmar shot down a Mig15 while flying a Cosair.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2026 10:31 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2026 10:31 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 10:33 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Imam Mamdani at February 18, 2026 10:33 PM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (jtM2q)
*******
"Living proof that if you put big enough engines on it, even a brick can fly"
-- Some clever military type
Posted by: Cicero
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You're missing a "1" and a "0" in the name of the brick.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 18, 2026 10:33 PM (Bgaiu)
It probably had better straight line speed than most of our front line aircraft do today. Not stealthy, not that maneuverable, but damn it was fast.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:33 PM (46za5)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Did you -
A) Convert, or
B) Die?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)
More for you! LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 18
Oh my gosh! No, these are fresh carrots cut into chips. I am dying. Like these. https://redirme.com/9j6wm4
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 10:33 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 18, 2026 10:35 PM (7D3Aa)
Of course, he told a lot of tall tales🤪...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 18, 2026 10:35 PM (LNeRu)
The entire Killarney park is gorgeous. But this site touched my soul. At the time nothing was roped off and you could wander alone as there were no other tourists.
I took many photos (which are stored somewhere). I like to collect antique postcards of where we go on trips, and I have a few old ones I found on etsy of Muckross Abbey. I frame them in mulit-frames for our basement/library/pool hall. Good memories...
It ticked me off that they were burned out by Cromwell, or possibly it would be standing today.
That magnificent yew tree you don't forget, and it won't let you forget the men who lived there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 18, 2026 10:35 PM (WONhk)
Last year’s Son of SilverCon hotel was a few blocks from the Hollywood Cars Museum (which I recommend, especially if you share Ace’s love of Vespa). They have several of Liberace’s cars.
When the singers of the Total Eclipse of the Heart literal video sang that “the gayest man on earth would call this over the top” I don’t think they were taking Liberace into consideration.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 10:36 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 10:36 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Steady Eddie at February 18, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)
It may have been the Pentagon's first "One Size Fits Everything Because We Said So Damn It" platform.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 18, 2026 10:36 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 18, 2026 10:37 PM (spvY+)
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OK. Still-- more for you! LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 10:37 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2026 10:05 PM (jtM2q)
*******
"Living proof that if you put big enough engines on it, even a brick can fly"
-- Some clever military type
Posted by: Cicero
I thought that was the Space Shuttle. I seem to remember that from Space Cowboys.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)
If you can find it, check out the "glide" ratio of the shuttle. It came down steeply! And landed at a significant speed.
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 18, 2026 10:40 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 10:40 PM (A5RD0)
"This is flying, this is falling! With style."
Posted by: Oddbob at February 18, 2026 10:41 PM (Fs0KI)
Next priority is ties to their threats to the Straits of Hormuz - all naval assets and shore to surface missile sites need to be destroyed. Only after those are eliminated can more wide ranging strikes be undertaken.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:41 PM (46za5)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 18, 2026 10:42 PM (Fs0KI)
War with Iran: I'm sitting down here in StratCom's back yard, listening for air traffic. During Gulf War I, there were days when air traffic from Offut was constant and loud. We were in our house in those days. During the Air Shows, all sorts of planes came in over our roof -- B-17, B-19, P-51, you name it. I'd just stand in the driveway as soon as I heard engines.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 18, 2026 10:43 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 18, 2026 10:43 PM (wiltx)
Just looked up their names:
Commander Michael Storm Norman, and Marine Captain Andrew Mutt Muhs...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 10:45 PM (nbLIj)
Then I had to go google maps and I did stop by there a dozen years ago while circling south west Ireland with some friends. Beautiful area.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 10:46 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Could Add Floats or Skis at February 18, 2026 10:46 PM (oftw2)
https://bit.ly/fine-with-dogs
Maybe for once I can get a meme in before some other of the world wide web of webworkers.
Posted by: mindful webworker - still webworking at February 18, 2026 10:46 PM (oq2IS)
There was a lot of political machinations going on at the time, inter-service rivalries, defense budgets, and even the government forcing mergers of defense contractors. They killed the Northrup “Flying Wing” at the time, the Navy was pissed off, etc. Then Korea. Defense budgets ramped up again, Truman at first wanted a blockade, till he was informed the Navy didn’t have that capability any longer.
B-36 had six (6) 28 cylinder piston engines. I bet that sounded awesome. I think I read they needed new spark plugs every flight. That oughtta keep the Crew Chief busy. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 10:47 PM (17+JQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (46za5)
A statistic.
Posted by: Communists at February 18, 2026 10:47 PM (wiltx)
Nice.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 18, 2026 10:49 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 10:49 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 18, 2026 10:51 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: mindful webworker - still webworking at February 18, 2026 10:46 PM (oq2IS)
I like it...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 10:52 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 10:52 PM (S/Y4j)
A) Convert, or
B) Die?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Neither, I think. Although, I am covered in ashes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2026 10:52 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2026 10:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (46za5)
A statistic.
Posted by: Communists at February 18, 2026 10:47 PM (wiltx)
Mao: those are rookie numbers.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 10:54 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2026 10:52 PM (uQesX)
Sackcloth makes the ensemble complete.
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 10:55 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I've been there 3 times. First time, there was one giant quonset hanger building. Last time, they're up to three of them, plus a big concrete lobby. I'd recommend getting a motel and spending at least two days. It's huge. There is an actual B-36 inside.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Bgaiu)
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 10:55 PM (gKDq2)
I actually get my clothes from Nordstrom's, not Sacks.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 18, 2026 10:58 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Blessings and peace be upon you, friend.
Thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 10:59 PM (A5RD0)
Looks gay. But maybe the fans like that kind of stuff.
They should do it in the nude. Gold medal time!
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2026 11:00 PM (j6kTf)
Reminder: SOTU is on February 24!
C'mon, Trump, you can knock over Cuba and Iran between now and then.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 11:01 PM (HEaqw)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 11:01 PM (nWPIJ)
It is an F4H-1 Phantom II. You think it looks like every other Phantom but it does not. They enlarged the canopy starting with the F-4B and it remained unchanged for the rest of production.
The RIO/GIB canopy is appreciably smaller than the F-4B's.
There is one other civilian F-4 in US air space, it is owned by the Collings Foundation.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Gay News Network at February 18, 2026 11:02 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 18, 2026 11:02 PM (DK5Sh)
When the singers of the Total Eclipse of the Heart literal video sang that “the gayest man on earth would call this over the top” I don’t think they were taking Liberace into consideration.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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Sound man did a good job with her voice on that master.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:02 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Gay News Network at February 18, 2026 11:02 PM (oftw2)
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Big chimney? Because that's hot.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at February 18, 2026 11:03 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: buddhaha at February 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Bgaiu)
I have not been in at... least 15 years. Last time I was there, they were working on an ICBM exhibit.
I always wanted to go when I had the money handy to buy one of the leather jackets.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:05 PM (bss/y)
168 A word of warning on that Phantom II for sale.
It is an F4H-1 Phantom II. You think it looks like every other Phantom but it does not. They enlarged the canopy starting with the F-4B and it remained unchanged for the rest of production.
The RIO/GIB canopy is appreciably smaller than the F-4B's.“
Oh damn well I was all set to buy it if not for that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 11:05 PM (46za5)
B-17D The Swoose - still under restoration.
B-17F Memphis Belle - on display
B-17G Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby - on loan to the NASM
All three Flying Fortresses are combat veterans.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at February 18, 2026 11:03 PM (nWPIJ)
Liber-ace was packing heat?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:06 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:06 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 11:07 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:06 PM (bss/y)
Nah, Liberace was fudge-packing.
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 11:07 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 18, 2026 11:07 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Gay News Network. at February 18, 2026 11:10 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
I may be having a stroke. I thought there was a B-17 cut away that you could walk through.
B-29?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:10 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 11:01 PM (nWPIJ)
They are closing Saks Fifth Avenue stores, but the Saks store in NYC 5th ave. is remaining open.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 18, 2026 11:11 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 18, 2026 11:12 PM (hJH5n)
Robert Morgan was a local. I have spoken topeople who witnessed this:
Flying just above the rooftops of downtown Asheville, a B-17 headed for the gap between city hall and the county courthouse. But the plane’s wingspan was too wide to squeeze through the divide. A crash looked imminent, however the pilot banked the bomber 60 degrees and passed one of the wings through the narrow space before pulling up and disappearing over Sunset Mountain. One onlooker exclaimed, “somebody ought to court-martial whoever is flying that plane!” It was 1943, and pilot Robert K. Morgan was on a 31-city publicity tour with the Memphis Belle, the plane that carried him safely through 25 missions in Europe during World War II.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2026 11:12 PM (XeU6L)
For those who built Monogram kits back in the stone age you probably remember the little brochures showcasing Sheperd Paine's work in creating dioramas with Monogram kits that was included with many kits.
The EAA is very lucky to have on display three of Mr. Paine's diorama masterpieces - the B-17G, P-61, and the B-24.
Here is one of them:
http://sheperdpaine.atspace.com/p61.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:19 PM (46za5)
https://archive.org/details/battle-of-the-yellow-river
"The Chinese did find one place where the ground was low enough and suitable for creating a flood that could halt the Japanese. Curiously enough, this spot was at Huayuankou, a small village ten miles north of Chengchow [...]
In its unpredictable journeyings, the new river has gone on a rampage through eleven counties and three provinces, submerged eleven cities, 4,000 villages, and upwards of 2,000,000 square mow of land; it has driven 2,000,000 people from their homes "
Guess how many peasants died in the flood to delay the IJA for 3 weeks?
Posted by: 13times at February 18, 2026 11:13 PM (xLK0i)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 18, 2026 11:12 PM (hJH5n)
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Yep. An ill-timed boner and your aerodynamics are completely shot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 11:13 PM (nWPIJ)
Reminder: SOTU is on February 24!
C'mon, Trump, you can knock over Cuba and Iran between now and then.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Yes, it would be super coming into SOTU with a long staff of pelts.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:13 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: NTTAWWT at February 18, 2026 11:13 PM (oftw2)
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We could have the first Triumph ever right down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 11:14 PM (nWPIJ)
It was amazingly well done all around. Perfectly in line with the original.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 11:15 PM (EXyHK)
Yep. An ill-timed boner and your aerodynamics are completely shot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Mid-air refueling only different.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:15 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)
The Pensacola Naval Air Museum has a full PBY Catalina on display along with a complete fuselage that has sections of skin cutaway.
Deutch's Museum has their Me 262A-1 on display with selective parts of skin removed and covered by plexiglass.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:15 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Shucks, I'd still be plumb out of fucks, not counting the 0 given for Nancy Guthrie...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:16 PM (nACjZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2026 11:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 18, 2026 11:17 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Tom
Only a million?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 18, 2026 11:17 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Whoa! You can time those?
Posted by: Randy Senior Citizen. at February 18, 2026 11:18 PM (oftw2)
Great win.
https://tinyurl.com/bdz9473x
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 11:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2026 11:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JQ at February 18
You should at least try them first! 😂
Posted by: Piper
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Thought of the day:
a carrot, is a carrot, is a carrot.
Cutting board,+ knife (cleaver preferred) + carrot =
carrot chips
I buy the mini's, wash them in a tupperware type and have a go at them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:18 PM (LA6Ib)
Another small place, like Muckross Abbey, that made me want to move there was in Scotland, after a trip to Dalwhinney distillery (a Highland's distillery tour). We stopped at this small watermill that served lunch. I knew nothing about it other than the peace of that village in early spring (plus I had been drinking Scotch). I wish I could have flour from this mill and stayed for a week of peace. I have a postcard of this happy place on our dresser mirror. I loved the people and that village.
Sometimes it's the unexpected places you remember the most. Oh, the palaces, cathedrals and museums are grand, but I'm a country girl at heart.
Blair Atholl Watermill (Scotland)
https://tinyurl.com/ymnycjtx
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 18, 2026 11:18 PM (WONhk)
I thought that's how they stuck together...
Posted by: man at February 18, 2026 11:20 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:15 PM (2GVsD)
The Me-262 there had the 88mm fitted. Brilliant idea.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:20 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:20 PM (nACjZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Don't have a TV so missing the fun. However, until they come up with something they ought to back off.
Possibly the cops want it to pressurize the criminals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:21 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 18, 2026 11:21 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:20 PM (nACjZ)
Wait until you hear about the 4-man luge.
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 11:22 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 18, 2026 11:22 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2026 11:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 18, 2026 11:22 PM (lnUu7)
The only flyable one suffered an engine failure enroute to being loaded aboard HMS Reaper and crashed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:22 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:23 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 11:18 PM (viF8m)
Thanks. USA! That's where that chant started, in the 1980 hockey wins!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 18, 2026 11:23 PM (WONhk)
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You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: George Costanza at February 18, 2026 11:23 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: RickZ
OTOH, the 4-boob luge sounds a little too hot for the winter olympics
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:25 PM (nACjZ)
The one at the USAFM is a straight fighter, Schwable, an Me 262A-1a, though if it is fitted with R4M rockets it should be an Me 262A-1b. If my memory is correct.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Wes Moore piloted that plane to Austria.
Posted by: Joe Isuzu at February 18, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
I bow to your expertise.
Maybe they had an 88 sitting beside the plane and had a picture of one of the proposed planes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:26 PM (bss/y)
I can't believe CBS hasn't cut his mic.
He's a blatant liar. He's also an idiot. And effeminate. He has few followers. Why does he have any followers at all? Why has CBS not just shoved him in front of a moving train?
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 11:27 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)
Great win.
https://tinyurl.com/bdz9473x
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 11:18 PM (viF8m)
Excepting Brady Tkachuk's slew foot on Dahlin today ...
***Spock eyebrow***
Posted by: browndog called for boarding at February 18, 2026 11:28 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:28 PM (nACjZ)
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 11:27 PM (Cjcf6)
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Reliability.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2026 11:28 PM (RIvkX)
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Oh, thank God. Literally. I thought we still had an India immigrant problem.
And, that guy throwing the Chic Filet sandwich is fine. We already set the precedent in DC. If the rock type roll Subway uses isn't enough for batter, a chicken sandwich from Chic Filet is light and fluffy. I don't know about the drink. Blue Poweraid. Getting that stuff in the ground water could be an environmental crime.
Posted by: Orson at February 18, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
Give it a decade. The proposal is written.
Woodchippers.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 18, 2026 11:29 PM (vB7nK)
And loud. I was really surprised the first time I watch the final decent at the SLF. I swear it sounded like it was rattling coming in at an angle of a thrown rock.
The simulator aircraft was a Grumman Gulfstream II that came in under full reverse thrust at an angle of20 to 30 degrees.
Posted by: pawn at February 18, 2026 11:29 PM (+rKuc)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 10:15 PM (snZF9)
I’ll bet it was Canton, Texas. They’ve got a little military park there with a good bit of Vietnam era stuff. Stopped there with my 12 year old grandson once and looked around.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2026 10:21 PM (46za5)
Yup, that sounds like it. I looked at the map and yeah I went through there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 11:29 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Yes! Now we're talkin' *how to eat carrots!*
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)
Das Werk is releasing a Me 262A-1a in 1/32 scale.
Border Models is also releasing one in 1/35 scale.
No word about an Me 262B-1a or Me 262B-1a/U1.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:25 PM (nACjZ)
That would be the Women's 8-Boob Luge.
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 11:33 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
PPV gold
Posted by: Anna Puma
On, under, in front of, dragged behind. No bad combinations to be had.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:35 PM (nACjZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:35 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)
I'm very happy I discovered and learned to make carrot-ginger-cashew soup. The carrots are pureed. Better than baby food, too.
Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2026 11:35 PM (gKDq2)
I blame those old ladies what brought the lime jello with julienned carrots in it, to church potlucks!
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2026 11:38 PM (nACjZ)
Beautiful day, too, of rare snow in these Western mountains that were in our prayers. Simply beautiful and peaceful and most welcome. We got about 6" here and many feet in the mountains for water this summer as well as current skiers needs.In winter I simply need it for beauty...and snow in the west is nicer than the east as it is not as wet.
This snowfall is what we normally have a couple of times a week starting in late November. A weird year of half the normal snowpack. Maybe we'll crack average if it goes through May...and my tulips and daffodils will bloom with snow. As long as no hard freeze on the plum blossoms, it can snow for months!
I hope y'all had a good day and have a wonderful night. G'night.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 18, 2026 11:39 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 11:39 PM (rdVOm)
Tis all good. I know where every surviving Me 262 is and what it was. Unless the Russians have one stashed away.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:39 PM (2GVsD)
If the Russians still had one, they would fill it with explosives and use it as a glide bomb.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2026 11:42 PM (u82oZ)
But, heavens! Commercials these days! Even without sound they were obnoxiously frenetic. We don't watch broadcast TV as a rule, so it's always a bit of culture shock to be exposed to it. Didn't watch closely, but I did notice one commercial that fit the mixed-race couple trope. Still a thing, I guess.
Posted by: mindful webworker likes dogs at February 18, 2026 11:43 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 10:47 PM (17+JQ)
That engine has to be a nightmare to rebuild. Harley engines are pretty much 2 cylinders of a radial airplane engine. I can't imagine 28 cylinders. I can just see going to the machinist who does my cylinders. "Hey dude, here's 28 for you. Couple days, right?" lol.
The bad part, $2800 for that alone. I can't imagine the overall cost of doing an engine like that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 11:44 PM (snZF9)
I know exactly where I was when it happened.
I grew up playing hockey in that era in the Boston. We lived it. But the idea a bunch of college kids were going to take down the professional Russians was crazy.
One of the greatest sports moments ever. Just spectacular.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
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Christy I'm glad you feel spiritually moved. I felt something similar moving from Southern Baptist to Lutheran (Missouri Synod). I'm happy for you.
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 11:44 PM (Cjcf6)
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Excellent, thought you may have been so desperate for snow that you were in that party of 10 missing.
Glad you got your snow.
JQ's turn next.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:45 PM (LA6Ib)
Did we?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 11:45 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Methos
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Been waiting, impatiently for the payback/deferred reckoning.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2026 11:46 PM (41CYW)
I like the Baptist preacher but the congregation is like, um, not welcoming.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:47 PM (LA6Ib)
Been waiting, impatiently for the payback/deferred reckoning.
Posted by: scampydog
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You betcha'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:49 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 18, 2026 11:49 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JackStraw
Ken Morrow was a defenseman on the Gold Medal Team. Months later he was on the Islanders and won the Stanley Cup, the first of four consecutive Cups. So, In just a little over 4 years, Ken won a Gold Medal and four Stanley cups.
Posted by: Winning Streak, Par Excellence at February 18, 2026 11:50 PM (oftw2)
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Happy for you, ChristyBlinky!
We got a bit of snow last night, but only about half inch, and snow/hail/rain mixed throughout the day. Ground is wet but all snow is melted now. Might get more tomorrow night, but don't expect it to stick. Oh well. It'll look pretty for a few hours anyhow...
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)
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Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 11:53 PM (S/Y4j)
I can't believe CBS hasn't cut his mic.
He's a blatant liar. He's also an idiot. And effeminate. He has few followers. Why does he have any followers at all? Why has CBS not just shoved him in front of a moving train?
Posted by: Crusader
You'd be giving him what he wants. Then he too, like Kimmel, can ride the wave of false martyrdom. Colbert fighting the tyrant BADORANGEMAN. The msm will gladly provide a bukkake of praise for Colbert. Better for him to pout and whine on his little watched, soon to be cancelled TV show, while fading away.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 18, 2026 11:53 PM (wiltx)
Why can't they make good comedy movies anymore? I guess they wouldn't be politically correct or something.
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2026 11:53 PM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 18, 2026 11:54 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Indiana Lurker at February 18, 2026 11:54 PM (3ZVqj)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
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You know it's momentus when you can remember the sportscaster and exactly what he said nearly 50 years ago.
"Do you believe in miracles!!!! YES!"
- Al Michaels
Posted by: Orson at February 18, 2026 11:55 PM (dIske)
I like the Baptist preacher but the congregation is like, um, not welcoming.
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Yes, Missouri Synod is still faithfully conservative. The doctrinal differences between them and Southern Baptist are relatively small, and yet the Missouri Synod seems to come down on each difference as the one that takes the scriptures more literally. For example, "communion" in Baptist circles is taken as "symbolic", whereas the Missouri Synod teaches the communion to be *literal*--you are literally communing with Christ when you participate. It makes un-confessed sin very uncomfortable when you believe you aren't going thru the motions but meeting Christ himself at communion.
But I have no angst against conservative Baptist denominations--they served me well for decades.
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 11:56 PM (Cjcf6)
I am not complaining about the fact that there are ads and intentionally do not use an ad blocker or disable JavaScript because I don’t want to take away Ace’s revenue.
As noted in my previous comment, I would be more than happy to pay something on the regular via subscription if possible just to keep the site breaking ads away. I know myself well enough that I would not remember to regularly donate through PayPal. I believe I left a pretty good sum many years ago, but normally forget.
Some of you seem to have the same experience I am having. Indeed it does occur when clicking on Continue Reading. It’s not the 3 second countdown I mind so much. It is the fact that the ad frequently hijacks the browser history such that I can’t go “Back” to the “front page” without refreshing which seems to reset the page state causing the problem to occur for every post. It happens with Chrome on my laptop and desktop and it happens with Safari on my iPhone and iPad, so pretty repeatable for me.
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 18, 2026 11:56 PM (imOJr)
I was talking about a magical moment and you had to spoil it.
drop your gloves
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 18, 2026 11:56 PM (viF8m)
Curious to find out if he belongs to one of America's currently aggrieved groups. After searching images to no avail pursued DDG AI, no joy; and after modest persistence came up with this from Grok.
The name Aimen Halim is of clear Arabic origin (Aimen/Ayman is a common Muslim/Arabic given name meaning "blessed" or "fortunate," and Halim is an Arabic surname meaning "gentle" or one of the names of God in Islam). This strongly suggests he is likely of Arab or Middle Eastern descent, and possibly Muslim
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Liberty Ships
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:57 PM (LA6Ib)
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Sorry to hear Maceo is having health issues. Sending him extra rubbys from Idaho...
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Insensitive Clod at February 18, 2026 11:59 PM (0I5n7)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 18, 2026 11:59 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: 496 at February 18, 2026 11:59 PM (FN3wE)
Posted by: Harry case at February 19, 2026 12:00 AM (rZb50)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2026 12:00 AM (A5RD0)
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You'll wish you bought that F-4 when you had the chance.
Unless they done got blowed up already, Iran still has some F-4s the Shah bought...and I recommend the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson. They also have a military vehicle museum on the grounds
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 19, 2026 12:01 AM (3/XaG)
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It used to be.
It seems like the liberal clergy are running everything these days. There's a lot of virtue signalling about being anti-white supremacy and pro-immigration going on, and promoting women within the organization where ever they can get away with it.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 12:01 AM (vSvIl)
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It used to be.
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Stop it. The Missouri Synod isn't littered with liberalism yet. There's no sign they're moving that way.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 12:03 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Billy Smith at February 19, 2026 12:04 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Crusader
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I am similar. Each denomination that truly seeks Him in their heart will be received. Denominational fights encourage them to study more, that brings them closer. (OT was by the numbers, NT was contradictory. He did that on purpose) However, for me, the Eucharist is a no go.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:06 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Methos
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Been waiting, impatiently for the payback/deferred reckoning.
Posted by: scampydog at February 18, 2026 11:46 PM (41CYW)
I have been waiting for us to hit those mofos with a 50 megaton turban winder....or unwinder if thats better.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at February 19, 2026 12:06 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 19, 2026 12:07 AM (KAi1n)
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Fascinating. Please explain.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 12:08 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 10:47 PM (17+JQ)
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That engine has to be a nightmare to rebuild. Harley engines are pretty much 2 cylinders of a radial airplane engine. I can't imagine 28 cylinders. I can just see going to the machinist who does my cylinders. "Hey dude, here's 28 for you. Couple days, right?" lol.
The bad part, $2800 for that alone. I can't imagine the overall cost of doing an engine like that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Uncle had a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver with 9 cylinder radial.
Aside from the awesome STOL capability, it had an oil fill spout in the cockpit so you could keep it topped off during long flights. Always had a case of oil nest to the pilots seat.
Never got into technical details with him but I assume radials with cylinders orientated downward had to have a constant oil drip to stay lubed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw
Yeah, well, "1940!" was a great chant, until it wasn't.
Posted by: Billy Smith
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While you are at it:
George Foreman was the U.S. Olympic boxing champion in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
After winning his gold medal against Jonas Cepulis, he famously carried a miniature American flag around the ring, which sparked controversy and debate about his patriotism during a time of significant racial unrest in the United States.
Yeah, black man, pro America, caused a lot of questions about Others patriotism, commie wiki.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:10 AM (LA6Ib)
Glad you got your snow.
JQ's turn next.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 11:45 PM (LA6Ib)
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No...lol...I have more sense, even when young, not to run out to ski in an expected 10' dump in Tahoe.In the back country because the resorts were closed. That guide company is going to be sued, big time. Horrible decision.
I am thankful, and if we catch up to average snowpack I will be very, very thankful. I love it, which baffles my family in the South. I think a weird throwback to ancestors who loved snow. Fifty years and counting on how much I love it...and I arrived with crocus blooming in snow one February 1974, and am seeing it again this year. XXXX
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 12:11 AM (WONhk)
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95% convention vote condemning "white Supremacy" as if it's an actual issue (it isn't except for those standing with the Communists).
Calls for understanding rather than condemnation of sexual deviancy, and a denial of the Right of Self Defense (more virtue signalling) in the new reinterpretation of the Catechism published a couple of years ago. That foul text is being used to instruct the next generation of clergy.
Synod sent instructions to all its schools on how to interfere with ICE if they for some reason are present, according to the newsletter on their website.
And there are loads of clergy who openly support antifa and BLM, but they find a way to excommunicate folks who are deemed too far right.
The bottom line is their clergy are a bunch of useless followers who have been chasing what they thought was popular 20 years after the fact and no notable faction trying to slow it down, much less kick the left out as they famously did a couple generations ago.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 12:12 AM (vSvIl)
We are no longer interested.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 19, 2026 12:13 AM (sl73Y)
Uncle had a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver with 9 cylinder radial.
Aside from the awesome STOL capability, it had an oil fill spout in the cockpit so you could keep it topped off during long flights. Always had a case of oil nest to the pilots seat.
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Digressing from greatness, my IH (cabover) Cargostar had hatch in the front seat for the same thing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:14 AM (LA6Ib)
Calls for understanding rather than condemnation of sexual deviancy, and a denial of the Right of Self Defense (more virtue signalling) in the new reinterpretation of the Catechism published a couple of years ago. That foul text is being used to instruct the next generation of clergy.
Synod sent instructions to all its schools on how to interfere with ICE if they for some reason are present, according to the newsletter on their website.
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Do you have links for this?
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 12:14 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: buddhaha at February 19, 2026 12:15 AM (Bgaiu)
Calls for understanding rather than condemnation of sexual deviancy, and a denial of the Right of Self Defense (more virtue signalling) in the new reinterpretation of the Catechism published a couple of years ago. That foul text is being used to instruct the next generation of clergy.
Synod sent instructions to all its schools on how to interfere with ICE if they for some reason are present, according to the newsletter on their website.
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Do you have links for this?
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Because their own website mentions none of this:
https://www.lcms.org/
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 12:17 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:18 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 18, 2026 11:56 PM (imOJr)
Well, the answer is right there. Never, never, never use the "continue Reading" link. It is worse than useless, because it gives the malwware an opportunity to attack your device. Use "comments" instead. You will see everything that "continue reading" is supposed to provide, but avoid the malware.
Using Brave, if I click on a post, there may be a pause for a few seconds with the mouse cursor frozen as the ad-blocker in brave wrestles with the malware. Once actually into acecomments.mu.nu, though, it's clear sailing thereafter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:18 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends
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Neither would pass modern emissions standards.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 12:18 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 12:14 AM (Cjcf6)
I don't have them ready at hand. I did at one point, as I emailed members of my former congregation my reasons for leaving. I'm sure I discussed it here around that time, too.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 12:19 AM (vSvIl)
Fascinating. Please explain.
Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2026 12:08 AM (Cjcf6)
Our liberal Presbyterian USA did in 2014, along with the Episcopalians, so not sure about 1988 date.
I love Presbyterian (PCA) one of the conservative branches. However, and stones and rotten fruit may be thrown at me, I like a traditional service and we could not find one in any Protestant churches around here who were not the liberals we fled in FL.
My mother's church in MS is wonderful. I grew up with a traditional service and music.
I cannot explain my conversion except that this priest is very good, my son and grands attend, and something between it all and the Holy Spirit drew me to this point. I feel I have worshipped when I leave, vs being irritated. If that makes sense.
All have to search and find the church who welcomes them, who enriches your soul, and you leave a better person.
Ok, all the churches except the ones who think same sex marriage is ok, and a ghey in the pulpit is ok...which is the reason our FL church imploded. People have left Presbyterian USA by the tens of thousands. Baptists are the only denomination holding on.
I did not leave Presbyterian USA,they left me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 12:24 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 12:25 AM (wiltx)
Unfortunately yesterday the heavily favored undefeated-this-season US men's speed skating pursuit (a very cool event) lost to ... Chy-nah.
The Norwegian guy (now with 5 golds, matching Eric Heiden's number in 1980), Klaebo, who anchored their relay, is like a different species. Sort of like Spitz or Phelps at their peak - just in a different class altogether. Sucker usually makes his move on a big uphill leg, just pulls away - uphill. Monster.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2026 12:27 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: a dude in MI at February 19, 2026 12:27 AM (+I6Y/)
I asked this simple question and my mic was cut: I said, "How do you stand now on abortion? I can't find this. If Catholics are clear, why aren't you?" In front of 300 church members and close friends. This man said he'd speak to me later. I knew I was not out of line because one of my sons was sitting next to me and would have poked me.
He came over and tried to change my mind about abortion. I said nope politely. He said I am basically a Calvinist and I said, "I guess so." Ha!
Two months later we were in Scotland, at St. Giles, and the same vote was going on there...which was the very heart of where Presbyterians and my redneck ancestors arrived from. Along with some French Huguenots.
For me to convert to becoming Catholic is no small thing and I have prayed about it and it is right.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 12:28 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: a dude in MI at February 19, 2026 12:27 AM (+I6Y/)
How can they tell?
DC is built on a swamp... again.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 12:28 AM (bss/y)
Disclaimer: I have no personal knowledge of "church apostacy" or any of that conversation, just noting that the nick is not an unknown one.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)
Too much pressure to crank it with all that oil.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:30 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 12:24 AM (j6kTf)
Incredibly sad...but they chose this. Or, possibly, the guides who died with them chose it. However, back country skiers take risks and they know they do. Some jump out of helicopters to take these risks.
People are killed in avalanches every year here and at any mountain resort. Sometimes not taking risks, but most often in the back country. Sometimes snowmobiles trigger avalanches. Or on mountain roads, which no one has control over.
Resorts not only groom trails before they open but get rid of avalanche dangers. These guys could not apparently wait a day or two, but I honestly don't know their entire story but did read it was back country skiers.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 12:32 AM (WONhk)
Aside from the awesome STOL capability, it had an oil fill spout in the cockpit so you could keep it topped off during long flights. Always had a case of oil nest to the pilots seat.
Never got into technical details with him but I assume radials with cylinders orientated downward had to have a constant oil drip to stay lubed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 19, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)
Hmm, oil pressure and gravity could easily take care of the downward cylinders. I think the big problem with the radials was oil leaking to those lower cylinders when the plane was just sitting around. I think with the WWII stuff you had rotate the engine by spinning the prop with your hands to clear the lower cylinders of oil, or else you could hydro-lock the engine at start up . They had to do that shit every morning if it sat overnight. Its why those suckers smoke like a mutha when they fire up, from the oil gathering in the lower cylinders. They have a dry sump system, but oil can leak from the tank through the oil pump into the engine as the engine sits.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 12:32 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 12:25 AM (wiltx)
This?
Every church as gone apostate and believers have been warned to get out since 1988.
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at February 19, 2026 12:06 AM (oftw2)
This poster is not a troll. He/she posts here a lot, but never with a consistent nic. I would regard this post as snark and hyperbole, but not really trolling. Maybe a hint that "organized" religion has itself been "organized" by that cadre of agents who are wont to "organize" things?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:32 AM (8zz6B)
It may just be me trying to make sense of something that has no sense.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 12:34 AM (46za5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2026 12:35 AM (bss/y)
But just for a moment, imagine that I thought, wrongfully obvs, that pointing out an issue could be helpful. Lord knows I rely on technical feedback in my work. Also imagine that I am genuinely interested in donating by subscription to thank Ace and that others might be as well. Further imagine that some might lurk instead of commenting more frequently because self-appointed comment sentries call you a “troll” and let you know your input isn’t welcome.
I can deal with conflict, but discourteous Internet behavior is both cliche and tiresome.
And sincere apologies again to those that do make a wonderful environment in the posts and the comments. I am sorry for this rant. Most of my interactions with the horde have been lovely.
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 19, 2026 12:36 AM (imOJr)
https://tinyurl.com/yc6j5nkt
And here's a lengthy thread commentary about the Catechism. What solidified this matter for me was that I actually got a response to the concerns I emailed President Harrison, promising to take the matter up with those involved...that was sent a week after he issued a statement that there was no problem and the new version would continue to replace the old one.
https://tinyurl.com/yrhj27vt
Beyond that there is my personal experience with local clergy we had in succesion:
A closeted obama supporter
A guy who wanted women on the board of elders
A guy who felt the need to preach about "welcoming Republicans, too" [he was half assed about everything until covid, BLM and Ukraine, and then he was all in on those]
A guy who laughed at a prayer request (during a service) coming out of covid for protection against medical tyranny.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 12:36 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)
I did not leave Presbyterian USA,they left me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Yes. Much so.
We believe differently (somewhat) but we seek to be righteous before God and follow that line.
Whether Baptist or Catholic we believe deeply and seek deeply to be righteous before God. That is the thing. If we are honest in our endeavor we will be welcomed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:38 AM (LA6Ib)
Too much pressure to crank it with all that oil.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:30 AM (LA6Ib)
Yup. Harleys have the same problem. Not all, but some here and there can't sit for weeks and weeks without the oil tank draining into the engine. Then you get these retards who go for their first fire up in the spring after it sits all winter. They look into the tank and say gee its empty, then top it off. They fire up the bike, the pump starts pumping the oil laying in the engine into the now newly filled tank, and boom, oil dip stick blows out and their garage looks like somebody blew off a stick of dynamite in a 55 gallon drum of oil.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 12:39 AM (snZF9)
Kash Patel's FBI and Pam Bondi's Justice Department told a federal court we shouldn't get even summary quarterly totals of the payments because it might expose FBI law enforcement "secrets."
Unfortunately Chief Judge Boasberg agreed and told us we can't have the info. So if you want know why I sometimes look ready to explode ..
Mike Benz is freaking pissed and who can blame him?
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2026 12:41 AM (PacaG)
Last I heard seven people were confirmed dead in the skiing accident in California. And it will be sometime before they can recover the bodies. So sad.
Posted by: Case
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Last I heard it was 8. And there had been avalanche warnings with High Danger.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 12:41 AM (HEaqw)
https://tinyurl.com/yh7j6fyp
Posted by: JackStraw
Close:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sMGN8EFm0
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 19, 2026 12:46 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 12:48 AM (j6kTf)
It is a really cute bear.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 12:52 AM (I40wl)
I can deal with conflict, but discourteous Internet behavior is both cliche and tiresome.
And sincere apologies again to those that do make a wonderful environment in the posts and the comments. I am sorry for this rant. Most of my interactions with the horde have been lovely.
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 19, 2026 12:36 AM (imOJr)
Chris, two things can be true at the same time. One being that the mainpage for each post, which has a url "ace.mu.nu/***", and the "continue reading link" with a similar url, has an ad server that feeds malware. Fact. This comments thread, which has the url: acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418541 (look at your address bar), does not have malware toitng adserver. Fact.
Two: there have recently been a surprising number of posts by "long-time lurkers/first-time posters" complaining about this malware, despite the fact that most of us regulars have been successfully avoiding it for months or years. So it's not hard for some people to see that as an organized trolling campaign.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:53 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 19, 2026 12:41 AM (HEaqw)
The dead are those for whom, apparently, the rules do not apply.
Avalanches are enders.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 12:53 AM (I40wl)
Nobody can drive worth a damn on ice, LOL. I don't like it, and will stay home if possible!
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
It is a really cute bear.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 12:52 AM (I40wl)
Any progress on the grandbaby situation, or is it in a "no comment" mode now?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:55 AM (8zz6B)
They just learned, the hard way, that the Old Rules always apply.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 12:56 AM (46za5)
Posted by: JackStraw - Lifelong Rangers fan at February 19, 2026 12:57 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:58 AM (8zz6B)
Honestly, most of the great old architecture in Britain is Catholic. Stolen. Desecrated. Over politics.
There is a group of Catholic lay persons who go about Britain praying in stolen buildings, for unity and peace, mostly. That was the point of the buildings in the first place.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 12:58 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
People race on ice, JQ, and some of those racers are damned good drivers. But most of us never get enough track time on ice to learn how to work with it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:00 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 12:55 AM (8zz6B)
Lawyers. So far, one won't take the case because he is full up (I suspected this would often be the case up here), but suggested I call CPS to have them visit, which would end up supposedly with drug tests for mom and dad. My problem with that is that without any legal support CPS could take the kid and we would never know what happened to him, and then my son would make more babies, and the whole horseshit would repeat itself.
Still looking for reliable legal advice. Most folks we have spoken with say we have nearly no rights whatsoever. That is just.... not right. None of it makes any sense, at least of the common type.
We still endeavor. Prayers readily accepted.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 01:01 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:06 AM (LA6Ib)
A year ago I thought similar, but suddenly, and with scripture and reading a book by Scott Hahn, Rome Sweet Home, it made sense. He converted as a Presbyterian PCA minister and theologian, the same denomination as I was raised. He had similar concerns and that book of many was the best for me.
I still have questions about purgatory. The rest all came together, and I can't explain it. Maybe I am not meant to be able to explain the mysteries of this faith.
I married a Catholic with Prostestant beliefs. We did not want a "divided" household to raise our boys and he converted. All he had to do was go to confession after 50yrs and he was back. I need classes, which I am enjoying.I can convert any time, as my baptism is recognized, but have chosen to wait til after Easter.
Due to my upbringing of church,etc, I am Biblically sound. Was taught there is basically no scripture in Mass. Not true, it is built around scripture readings. Mass is a prayer, once explained.
Find a denomination that gives YOU comfort and peace. It's there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 01:01 AM (WONhk)
We still endeavor. Prayers readily accepted.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 01:01 AM (I40wl)
You have them from me, for you and that grandbaby. OK? Know this as I pray for you every night, and sometimes during the day.
Can you pop over and see him often? Put down the law of your condo and check? The fear alone of being evicted might have them get it together.
I hope that baby is being weighed at a pediatrician's office. I pray these parents are taking this gift of God as the honor it is.
Glad I stayed up to see you.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 01:05 AM (WONhk)
Two: there have recently been a surprising number of posts by "long-time lurkers/first-time posters" complaining about this malware, despite the fact that most of us regulars have been successfully avoid
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If he's a long time lurker he knows what's up.
He may well be a troll.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:05 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ok, but *most regular people* do not race professionally on ice. That's my point. No bueno for daily drivers!
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 12:06 AM (LA6Ib)
Being on the other end of this argument, I always have to ask, do you or do you not believe Jesus when He says, "This is my body," and "This is my blood."
I know Protestants have all kinds of wiggle room there, claiming it was a symbol, or maybe Jesus stands next to the host, or any number of other ways to say that isn't really what He said, but it seems so clear to me.
He gave us this, when He said "I will be with you always, until the end of the world." It is more than just a blessing, it is divine.
I know not everyone agrees on this, thus, the schisms, but it seems to me that if He said it, it is probably true, and why not accept that He gave us his Body and Blood to sustain us, when He said He would do so?
Maybe it doesn't work for you, and I can respect that. I just don't see why anyone would argue with Jesus.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 01:10 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 19, 2026 01:11 AM (wiltx)
Nobody can drive worth a damn on ice, LOL. I don't like it, and will stay home if possible!
Posted by: JQ
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Your turn for snow next.
Yeah, ice is a bitch, there's no ice here But I went down an iced hill with a horse trailer. The road was a T at the bottom and ended up, truck and trailer, 90 degrees from start facing the right direction.
Top it. I spent the night in a motel with my wife and and a horse after driving 20 hrs (28mph no mas) in a blizzard.
That is all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:11 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 01:11 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
I passed my driving test when I was 16, in November in Anchorage. Ice was just normal driving. Just takes practice and patience.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 01:11 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 19, 2026 01:12 AM (imOJr)
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 19, 2026 01:14 AM (imOJr)
Since custody is such a crapshoot, what about looking deeper into landlord-tenant law? Find out your rights as the property owner. At least get the druggie "room mates" and their animals out of there. Evict.
Hopefully you have a contract with son & gf.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Well, the *lower 48* doesn't have it as much as AK.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
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Bless you. That is one of my most regrettable things, not being raised in the church. There is so much from childhood on that needs to be there.
Everything, every thing that takes away from sacred Sunday annoys me. Sacred Saturday for the Jews annoys me too. We've got to get back there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:16 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:00 AM (8zz6B)
I remember watching those motorcycle ice racers some years back. They had these huge ass spikes on their tires. Anybody falls down in that race is fucked if they get hit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 01:17 AM (snZF9)
We still endeavor. Prayers readily accepted.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 01:01 AM (I40wl)
I have a grandchild who got caught up in CPS - very long story, but once CPS gets their hooks in it’s very difficult to get them uninvolved, even if the actual issues have been ameliorated. Most case workers are good, but there are some that just make shit up based on who they do and do not like.
So called “grandparents rights” vary widely state to state. Some states support the concept, some do not at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2026 01:18 AM (46za5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Motorcycle ice racing. Damnest thing you ever saw. Like short track dirt, except for the 2" steel spikes on the tires. The guys I knew into that were two of the biggest adrenaline addicts I've ever known. I watched from well back from the track, because if one of those bikes had an OTE in your direction, you might wind up looking like a used hollerith card.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 19, 2026 01:19 AM (Bgaiu)
I've been having the same issue for the last week. ( Been here since the days of Blogger and this s the first time I've experienced it) It definitely jacks up my browser ( Edge) if I click on Continue Reading. I often hit it by accident, because my phone is my only computer at the moment, and I am a little over 29 now, so my vision is not what it once was.😉
I didn't think you were a troll. Don't mind the prickly comments, we're all protective of the place and there's a lot of grouchiness in the air lately.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2026 01:22 AM (Vvh2V)
Yep, stay off the icy roads.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
the barbarian, if adult to adult conversation (negotiation) did not work, would help them get stoned (we all love getting so stoned), then pick up the baby and go home.
If they call send them money to get stoned, if they come and you can't get them stoned call the police that there are vandals at your door (no mention of the baby).
You can't show compassion for the stoners and the child at the same time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:27 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 19, 2026 01:28 AM (imOJr)
Tammy, it is good to see you, how are things going with your Mom?
Hey JQ, just popping in for a quick nightcap before bed.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2026 01:29 AM (0nHVk)
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Bless you. That is one of my most regrettable things, not being raised in the church. There is so much from childhood on that needs to be there.
Everything, every thing that takes away from sacred Sunday annoys me. Sacred Saturday for the Jews annoys me too. We've got to get back there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:16 AM (LA6Ib)
...........
As a toddler I remember Sunday school, church, then youth group before evening service; Wed prayer meetings & hymn sings (in MS). Bible school each summer. Revival week, which as a kid I thought weird.
Sunday school required memorizing Bible verses from the KJV Bible every week. I know many them from memory, and it is great to have this now.
The Catholic church I started going to last fall is more Biblically based that how I thought possible. I was surprised. I've been told each Catholic church is a bit different, with people, priest, etc. But every church around the world has the same NT, OT and Gospel readings on Sunday for the liturgical year.
I like traditional service & music.That's me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 01:29 AM (WONhk)
Yep, stay off the icy roads.
Posted by: JQ at February
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Those Russian videos where they take Vespa type motors and make river ice boats - zooming down river lanes at break neck speeds are cool.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:30 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
Not to worry. I have left the scheduling of said wedding up to my son. He will never get around to it. Too stoned to make a phone call to the court house.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 01:30 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:27 AM (LA6Ib)
We moved to the valley after he turned 18 and we gave him the boot. He does not know where we live.
But, I suspect kidnapping a child might not be the best way to convince the court that he would be better off with us. Just sayin'.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 01:32 AM (I40wl)
He may well be a troll.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:05 AM (LA6Ib)
Like I said, Chris is too polite and too engaged to be a troll. Some of the others might be trolls, or maybe even bots run by the malware "provider" in an effort to get some of us to click on his shit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:32 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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It's not that late. Get in here and have a say.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:33 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Ugh. I'm so sorry. But I do hope this can work to your grandson's advantage!
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: buddhaha at February 19, 2026 01:19 AM (Bgaiu)
When I was mid to late teens me a bunch of friends used to race motocross. At the end of the season when our tires were kinda worn we would put a shitload of screws into the knobby tires, like one per knob, and then we would screw around on this one frozen lake. Not quite as good as dedicated ice racing tires, but they worked good enough to be retards. A little safer too, because those ice racing tires looked brutal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 01:34 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn
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You didn't kidnap the child. They were incapacitated, you have video evidence on your phone. You brought the child home for safety's sake.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:35 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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I have a song for you but my brains a blank - at the moment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:37 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 01:34 AM (snZF9)
A guy I knew in Edmonton used to ice-race in a Chevette. I think they had 3 tire classes: ice-rated street tires, street stud, and unlimited stud.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:38 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yeah. And in their stupor, they said it was okay! That's the ticket!
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)
I was so upset about that baby I wanted to join you and tell them some stuff.
I pray they have a pediatrician. They are not stupid and can see through bad care, nutrition, hygiene (I even got myself worked up over his umbilical cord...because I taught this stuff to new mothers for five years: a pediatric office and then neonatology).
Will pray for wisdom for you to KNOW what to do. I totally understand not getting CPS involved. I also understand laying down the law on sons and I would in a red hot minute.
Eviction is a tool I would swing around. Kick the uninvited by YOU roommate with dog, cats and girl out...or else. You will pop in as any landlord without notice...or else.
Document it and make him sign the rules. The mother can either agree or not, and what are her choices? Her own mother?
I ask my own DIL about my 5mo old grandgirl's weight and development (altho I know them and she's fine and see her weekly). So you can ask the same...most pediatricians give a paper handout with growth charts for average size.
The best way to succeed is documentation, your legal rights as a condo owner, and the fact they haven't paid rent in 3mo.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 19, 2026 01:40 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:38 AM (8zz6B)
Ice racing a tree beater eh? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 01:41 AM (snZF9)
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Because He didn't *just* say that. He said (and I'm paraphrasing because you should use your preferred translation of Scripture anyway) "Take, eat, this is My body, given for you," followed by "Drink this, the blood of the new covenant, shed for you, for the forgiveness of sins. Do this as often as you drink it, in rememberance of Me."
And having written that, I have to admit, I think it's the case that there's no punctuation in Scripture (certainly not in Hebrew, I'm not sure about Greek or Aramaic), and translation is an inherently imperfect process, since anyone doing it has some faith background which colors what they expect to see there.
And then try to square it with anyone who's chewed a hangnail, or bitten their lip and drawn blood, and the bread and wine are, as far as our sense can detect, not that. So what does one do with the concept?
...
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 01:41 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:42 AM (LA6Ib)
I don't know if it is a Brave problem, or Linux problem, or tired hardware in the old Acer tower PC.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:43 AM (8zz6B)
Lutherans (perhaps others) hold that His presence in the meal is spiritual (and while I could be wrong, I considered it to be similar to the way He promises to be present when two or more are gathered in His name).
It seems many focus on the latter half of the statement "do this in rememberance of Me" and so see it as a ritual reminder only. I personally think that's a mistake, but I've seen the position held by people who are clearly sincere in their desire to understand and obey Him.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2026 01:45 AM (vSvIl)
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Posted by: Methos
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This is the kind of argument that gets us away from God Almighty and Jesus the Christ.
There could be a special time and place for those arguments but not every time we attempt to get closer to God.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:48 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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My equipment does kinky things too. We're using many independent's work and it's not as polished as Zillion dollar Micro. I'll accept it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:51 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:51 AM (8zz6B)
But I hope you already do, and that it specifies that additional tenants are not allowed and that you're able to evict the loser room mates ASAP.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 01:51 AM (LA6Ib)
Yep, it's not a deal breaker.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 01:52 AM (8zz6B)
In your state, do father's have rights if not married for the baby? I am unclear on those for any state. If she goes home to wherever Mama is or if she has a half-way decent mother?
Did they take pre-birth classes? Hospitals teach new mothers, but they are tired. They should have written instructions:if baby is not wet after feedings, skin color (jaundice)...made worse if preterm or not getting enough protein.
The pediatrician also should have a number for them to call for questions. A little 2wk old baby boy can't raise himself. Bottles require exact measurements of formula & sterilizing bottles and nipples in the dishwasher (there are things for this my DIL uses).The volume of feeds should be increasing with growth
Is he safe in a crib? Please no sharing of the same bed. Did any teaching at all get through?
Maybe "offer" care for him at your house, to give them both "rest" and to hopefully get it together if they sober up. For two grands I spent the first two nights home with baby so they could sleep. It is not unusual.
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My thoughts on religion are especially guarded, on here and with most folks offline. I freely praise Jesus, but then there are areas that would be theological quicksand. I don't think I know it all, and at my age I'd rather listen and learn than pontificate and debate.
What I'm saying is, I would never admit to putting carrots in chili if I did. Ramble mode off.
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Posted by: Case at February 19, 2026 01:54 AM (j6kTf)
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THIS!
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2026 01:59 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 02:01 AM (8zz6B)
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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 02:07 AM (8zz6B)
Dad was a train fanatic. Had many models, different gauges, lots of books...
I didn't learn enough, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)
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he had various jobs, worked up to "brakeman" before he had to quit...
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
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You've got to cut the boy loose. You did it physically but not in your heart. It's the boy or the baby.
When push comes to shove and you have the baby and he's outside full of dope who are the cops going to arrest?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 02:19 AM (LA6Ib)
Tcn, I hope you're able to save your grandson before he's conscious of all the BS!
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
When push comes to shove and you have the baby and he's outside full of dope who are the cops going to arrest?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 02:19 AM (LA6Ib)
One question I have not seen answered, and it may be unseemly, but I have to ask: is the baby momma Native? Because if she is, that could throw a huge monkey wrench into any non-Native grandparents' rights.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 02:28 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Oh, wow... you're right. Big problem.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
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That's a problem. Little baby's brains are magnificent.
Things that are going on right now are imprinting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 02:31 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 02:34 AM (8zz6B)
Things that are going on right now are imprinting.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yes, but the sooner he's *out* the better off he'll be.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
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Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 02:51 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
When I was still working-- hated waking too soon-- felt ripped off!
Worst, was waking like 10 minutes before the alarm. "Ugh! Really? Can't I just have my ten minutes?!"
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2026 02:28 AM (8zz6B)
She's not Native. Just poor white trash. Neither her mom nor her stepmom is likely to raise a fuss if I intervene. Neither one has lifted a finger to check on the baby, except for the day he was born.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 02:56 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: JQ
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Always awake before the alarm - didn't want to hear it. There was a time Saturdays were the worst. No work. Rather be at work than home alone.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 02:56 AM (LA6Ib)
When push comes to shove and you have the baby and he's outside full of dope who are the cops going to arrest?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 02:19 AM (LA6Ib)
And when the boy makes another one?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 19, 2026 02:57 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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That will work in your favor, at least.
My family member has similar situation-- got mixed up with a baby momma-- her mom is a divorced numbskull also. Ugh. No help from g'ma, just criticism after criticism... and "poor me" BS on top of it. Bleh.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 03:01 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I get it. Hate the *alone-ness* now. Alarm or no alarm.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:03 AM (rdVOm)
(more later if you want...heh)
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:03 AM (rdVOm)
Niice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2026 03:04 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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I was going to ask, but....
Yeah. What happens *then*?
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 03:09 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2026 03:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
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If it's a long way to the job site... say, an hour's drive or more, then I think it's reasonable to allow flex-time for arrival! Jeez...
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 03:16 AM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Ideally, yes...
Have known of several (unmarried, unattached!, welfare recipient, irresponsible, etc.) idiots, what had child after child in rapid succession.
Yep. Got one out of the womb... make way for the next! Any day now, if they're not careful.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)
People who tried so hard, expected to have their own.. but could not.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:22 AM (rdVOm)
Always have a solid base from which to make your move.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 03:24 AM (LA6Ib)
Hubby & his ex, went through all the hoops with in-vitro and implantation, yadda yadda, and she miscarried countless times. Very sad. And they managed-- finally!-- to adopt one son, from overseas.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
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Sorry, yall would have been good parents.
And the govt is obscene the hoops to adopt a child. We have a member here who adopted and it was a trauma.They were so glad to have succeeded.
And what, in the twenty's they loaded up a train full of street children , from NY I think, and took them through the midwest giving them to family's that wanted children. No Government, just people and families.
It worked.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 19, 2026 03:33 AM (LA6Ib)
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People who tried so hard, expected to have their own.. but could not.
Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2026 03:22 AM (rdVOm)
My "spawn" is adopted. I am/was infertile.
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Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 18, 2026 07:41 PM (aD13J)
I said to get him a car and an apartment
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 18, 2026 07:42 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Seattle Chris at February 18, 2026 07:42 PM (aD13J)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 07:42 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: J. Wellington Wimpy at February 18, 2026 07:44 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 07:40 PM (+nEug)
This is an amazing year. We're only a month and a half in! DJT has a lot to do this term; he's not wasting any time.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2026 07:45 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 07:46 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2026 07:46 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 18, 2026 07:47 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 07:47 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 07:47 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: The Human Fund at February 18, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 07:47 PM (3ek7K)
I don't think so. There are way more lurkers here than commenters. And those ads are for shit. It's enough to make people speak up.
Trolls wouldn't stick around for it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 07:47 PM (3ek7K)
One or two seem to be long termers. Still, I am just not having any issues.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 07:49 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 07:50 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Seattle Chris
Practice makes perfect! Keep it up. I for one, welcome the insights of my west side fellow Washingtonians.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 07:50 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 07:49 PM (zZu0s)
I don't either, because I use Brave. But I tried it with safari on my phone and it was a freakin' mess. Even once I got to comments, I got ads when I refreshed.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 07:51 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 07:51 PM (3ek7K)
You can do an ad blocker and recurring hit of the tip jar through pay pal to offset you blocking the ads, as a suggestion. The pop up ad is definitely annoying, but I know that is what is keeping the lights on so I deal with it.
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 07:51 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Upping My Game at February 18, 2026 07:52 PM (oftw2)
What's that smell? It smells like multiple sets of penguins happy-footed through here last night.
P-U!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Upping My Game at February 18, 2026 07:52 PM (oftw2)
Indeed. I would never have known I could cure tinnitus by smashing a lemon into my ear!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 07:54 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 07:55 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 07:49 PM (zZu0s)
I don't either, because I use Brave. But I tried it with safari on my phone and it was a freakin' mess. Even once I got to comments, I got ads when I refreshed.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
My forays into the ethereal mists of the grey boxes have always been from my Galaxy s10. Ads have never been an issue or maby they are and I'm just oblivious.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 07:55 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 07:55 PM (sl73Y)
Ace isn't doing this for free.
So what if you have to see ads.
Maybe if people would send Ace some money you would see less ads.
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 07:55 PM (3ek7K)
What's that smell? It smells like multiple sets of penguins happy-footed through here last night.
P-U!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Once Trump is done with Iran and Cuber, guess who's on the list?
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at February 18, 2026 07:55 PM (oftw2)
Brave FTW
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 18, 2026 07:56 PM (kTyBw)
Posted by: clarence at February 18, 2026 07:57 PM (RU/0c)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 07:57 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 07:58 PM (sl73Y)
The man tried to rescue the cat from the duck, but the duck bullied the man until he gave up.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2026 07:58 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 08:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 08:00 PM (sl73Y)
That mask stuff is crazy. It looks real in the video, but I feel like I would be able to tell if someone was standing next to me, that it's a mask.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: clarence at February 18, 2026 08:00 PM (RU/0c)
they threw up one of those fake "windows defender" pages where they scam you into downloading malware.
i was just there to check up on a supposed Talleyrand quote.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 18, 2026 08:01 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: B.H. Obama at February 18, 2026 08:01 PM (MnTZ8)
Posted by: clarence at February 18, 2026 08:02 PM (RU/0c)
They had to amputate a lot of legs to make that video work, but I think it was worth it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2026 08:03 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Gavin at February 18, 2026 08:03 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:03 PM (+nEug)
We all are blessed we have Ace of Spades.
AOS is a wonderful place where we can talk about anything.
Stop complaining and give Ace some money.
There is not anywhere else on the internet that even comes close to AOS.
Stop Bitching!!
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:03 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at February 18, 2026 07:55 PM
Antarctica, to deal with mephitic and polymorphically-perverse projectile-pooping penguin menace?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Star Trek Reference at February 18, 2026 08:04 PM (Q+gd/)
Since the issue seems to be only with some maybe look at the settings on your computer.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at February 18, 2026 08:04 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had
I, for one, wouldn't mind a big AoSHQ coffee mug.
Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2026 08:05 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2026 08:03 PM
Tell me about it.
Posted by: Eileen at February 18, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 08:05 PM (sl73Y)
Since the issue seems to be only with some maybe look at the settings on your computer.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:04 PM
I think it depends on if you have ad blockers, etc. I am not going to put an ad blocker up that prevents Ace from getting hits, it’s not a huge deal to work through it.
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:06 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2026 08:06 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 18, 2026 08:06 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: fd at February 18, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Gonna check the credits on that video.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 08:08 PM (sl73Y)
Hope everyone has a good night
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 18, 2026 08:09 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 08:09 PM (TtTH3)
I don't have an ad blocker. I don't even have issues with the site on my phone. The only ads I see are in the side bar. It sounds like a browser setting issue.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 08:10 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 07:51 PM (zYpTz)
----
I installed the "Purify" app on my iPhone and that took care of the ad problem on Safari on my phone.
And while we like to blame ace's ads, the advertising on other websites is just as annoying and intrusive.
THAT'S why people hate ads on websites--they keep trying to put themselves right in front of your face and they harbor malicious code.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2026 08:11 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 08:10 PM (cxFcK)
Good and fucking hard.
Posted by: Michael Mann, PSU fraud at February 18, 2026 08:12 PM (UQTwP)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2026 08:12 PM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: The Human Fund
>Barry Soetoro only eats the hind quarters in his curry.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 18, 2026 08:13 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:12 PM
That's not true!
Posted by: Kareny McKarenface at February 18, 2026 08:13 PM (0sNs1)
French President Macron:
Free speech is a pure bullshit if nobody knows how you are guided through this so-called free speech, especially when it is to be guided from one hated speech to another hated speech.
I just want to have a transparent road through these different speeches, and I want, by the way, to have a sort of public order.
I want to avoid a racist speech, hated speech, and so on.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 18, 2026 08:14 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 18, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)
It does not show if you click on comments rather than on continue reading.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 08:16 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2026 08:16 PM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at February 18, 2026 08:16 PM (ypTf4)
BUDGET CUTS: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani aims to cancel 5,000 NYPD officer hires and proposes a cut to the department's budget to address the city's deficit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 18, 2026 08:17 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 18, 2026 08:17 PM (vFG9F)
Muzzies hate dogs because dogs are great judges of character.
I said yesterday be careful about dog parks.
They will start trying to poison dogs.
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:17 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:17 PM (+nEug)
I vaguely remember hearing about a browser add-on that does something like that. I don't remember what it was called but I'm sure anyone who cares to can find it. It "clicks" on all the links on a page but doesn't actually show you any of the results. So the page gets its monetization but you don't see the ads. If you explicitly click a link yourself, it opens normally.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 18, 2026 08:18 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: runner at February 18, 2026 08:18 PM (Mqqv0)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
Leave the Bronx!
On another note I read on X that Mamdani's 'free' grocery has already closed. After three days. Might not be true, you gotta be careful with X. But it should be true.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 08:18 PM (cxFcK)
On that day, the Ace of Spades blog will be complete.
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at February 18, 2026 08:18 PM (ypTf4)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 18, 2026 08:18 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: From about That Time
They survive the wheelchair training because they're so low to the ground.
The concussion protocol takes the taller breeds out of the game.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 08:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
I think Vietnam ditched rent controls very early because it wasn't possible to have a good housing availability with rigid controls.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 08:20 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: fd at February 18, 2026 08:20 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 18, 2026 08:20 PM (UQTwP)
On that day, the Ace of Spades blog will be complete.
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart
We commenters can fix bold and italic as we go. Fixing centered and boxed in takes someone with Authority.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 08:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 08:21 PM (LA6Ib)
ZOD plushy. Do it. Do it now.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 18, 2026 08:21 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2026 08:21 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: davidt at February 18, 2026 08:22 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:17 PM (+nEug)
I would like $100k to walk a dog. Easy livin'.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 08:22 PM (zYpTz)
The last video, a lot of the crippled dogs seemed to be either beagles or dachshunds. Any particular reason this might be?
Posted by: From about That Time
Dachshunds, Bassets and Corgis often have back problems which lead to rear end failure.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2026 08:23 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 07:55 PM (+nEug)
Are there any prepaid debit cards acceptable to PayPal? That entity is evil, and I don't want my personal information gobbled up by it. I wish Ace would just rent a P.O. box somewhere, so we could send actual greenbacks, or checks payable to cash.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 08:23 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks"
That like 7-8%, pretty huge. Even better, not only will crime soar, it will be reported as having gone down because NYPD won't even be able to respond. I'm going to need more popcorn for watching NY libs getting what they voted for, good and hard.
Posted by: Ripley at February 18, 2026 08:23 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:23 PM (Wmg4n)
youtube.com/watch?v=4u3u16bFEYU
Posted by: Braenyard
If I had a Christmas card list you would have just been removed from it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 08:24 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 08:18 PM (cxFcK)
It was a pop-up, temporary free grocery store, set up by Polymarket. I'm not sure what the point was, but it was meant to be temporary.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 08:24 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:25 PM (+nEug)
I gave up salty carbs snacks for Lent. We’ll see how that goes.
Cats rule.
Posted by: Accomack at February 18, 2026 08:26 PM (/Chlc)
I've honestly never seen that. But this place is based on software brought to earth by ancient aliens so who knows. I can guarantee ace doesn't. He doesn't even read this place.
Seems like every couple years something breaks but it always gets resolved.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:27 PM (viF8m)
Are there any prepaid debit cards acceptable to PayPal? That entity is evil, and I don't want my personal information gobbled up by it. I wish Ace would just rent a P.O. box somewhere, so we could send actual greenbacks, or checks payable to cash.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---
A capitalist would say that if he were not satisfied with his monetary intake he would modify payment methods or do something else that would increase cash flow.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 08:27 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 08:27 PM (snZF9)
I gave up salty carbs snacks for Lent. We’ll see how that goes.
Cats rule.
Posted by: Accomack at February 18, 2026 08
When I get salty cravings, I take the carrot chips and salt them. It works!
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:28 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gVUi7)
——
Not to push straight pins in, though, right?
Posted by: Piper
Of course not!
Would it have one of those pull-string voice boxes? Dispense dietary advice?
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: fd at February 18, 2026 08:30 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:28 PM (Wmg4n)
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So does bacon...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2026 08:30 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 08:30 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:30 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2026 08:30 PM (Cjt/F)
——
Not to push straight pins in, though, right?
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:23 PM (Wmg4n)
no, of course not
Posted by: Oldcat at February 18, 2026 08:31 PM (8avO+)
The ad has frozen the page for many and the concern of malware, etc might affect the unique views.
Seattle Chris, if you click on the "comments" link, not the continue reading link, the page should open with no ad and still have the full content of Ace's post.
Posted by: old chick at February 18, 2026 08:31 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:31 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:28 PM (Wmg4n)
That seals it. Piper is a rabbit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 18, 2026 08:32 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gVUi7)
I can tolerate ABBA, but Zappa is a bridge too far.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2026 08:33 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 18, 2026 08:33 PM (GTqXr)
The ad has frozen the page for many and the concern of malware, etc might affect the unique views.
Seattle Chris, if you click on the "comments" link, not the continue reading link, the page should open with no ad and still have the full content of Ace's post.
Posted by: old chick at February 18, 2026 08:31 PM (F3Dlr)
Ace does this to weed out the weaklings.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 18, 2026 08:33 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 18, 2026 08:29 PM
There are many members here in our group.
We hope someday you'll join us,
and the Commentariat can live as one.
Posted by: Intragalactic Yoko Ono Artistries Appreciation Association, AoSHQ Claque at February 18, 2026 08:33 PM (0sNs1)
I've done that, but without the carrots.
Posted by: fd at February 18, 2026 08:33 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 18
This is going to make the Piper plushie cutest of all!
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:35 PM (OoFl2)
Eating salty carbs with milk is fun.
I like fun.
So, I eat.
15 years ago I thought running up hill was fun.
That changed.
Posted by: Accomack at February 18, 2026 08:35 PM (/Chlc)
Isaiah 55:10-11
That emptiness to feel in your heart, is a longing for God. Bring Him into your life.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2026 08:35 PM (XJzAV)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:35 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 18, 2026 08:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:35 PM
No need for such an esteemed member of The Horde to use saltlicks. Let me know if you need me to send you some more Redmond salt.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2026 08:38 PM (0sNs1)
I get that not everyone is a dog lover but people who love dogs really love them. It's been great to see the response people have had to Rep Fine's slap down of the muslim bitch who suggested dogs were too dirty to be allowed inside homes in NYC. All cultures are not the same.
Not one inch to these asshole.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (XFvfj)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Someone smarter than me might know, do the ad counters go by unique views or do 500 refreshes by the same person count as 500 views toward revenue?
I just think views on the front page are being chased away rather than encouraged by the "fix".
Posted by: old chick at February 18, 2026 08:40 PM (F3Dlr)
I know they say 2nd place is 1st loser, but I'm damn proud of him anyways.
We didn't even hot rod the car like other entries do.
But looking back, he'd probably have come in first if I applied a smidge of graphite to the wheel axels.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2026 08:40 PM (XV/Pl)
I have done that in the past but I can't figure it out now.
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:30 PM (3ek7K)
You can pass it through Doof Enterprises, LLC. 10% for the big guy may or may not apply.
Posted by: Doof at February 18, 2026 08:41 PM (QMAsf)
We hope we get more competence from the leader of the investigation...
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at February 18, 2026 08:41 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: Ben Had
Ace creates a 501(c)3. Start some Gofundme pages. One for shelving disaster recovery. Another for aide in Ewok cultural integration efforts. Another for Vespa/man purse addiction recovery.
From an accounting perspective, they are lump sum contributions. Put CBD in charge of the annual 990 filing.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 08:41 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:41 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: davidt at February 18, 2026 08:42 PM (Q+gd/)
>>I've done that, but without the carrots.
I substitute tequila.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:42 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:43 PM (3ek7K)
That changed.
——-
Neil Armstrong got in trouble with NASA public affairs one time, the normally guarded astronaut was asked in an interview about his exercise program, training for the Moon landing.
“I believe we only have a finite number of heartbeats, I’ll be damned if I’m gonna waste mine running around the block.”
He later “clarified” his remarks and waxed enthusiastically about the joys and necessity of regular exercise. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 08:43 PM (XFvfj)
Not one inch to these asshole.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)
Could be a defining moment as the clueless danger-haired bints have to choose between their cause and their pets. Of course, their largely cat ladies, so...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 08:44 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: buddhaha at February 18, 2026 08:44 PM (Bgaiu)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)
_______________________
Nah....you're good. It's only AI if the subject is sporting a Special Needs Hotdog Helmet ™ (SNHH).
Posted by: Orson at February 18, 2026 08:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: fd at February 18, 2026 08:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 08:46 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: buddhaha
Probably a glitch in the Matrix. Try watching it again.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 08:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 08:47 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM
This is the way.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 18, 2026 08:48 PM (Wnv9h)
Where oh where do I donate????
Posted by: four seasons
Upper left hand corner under the "Support" heading.
Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2026 08:48 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 08:48 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: clarence at February 18, 2026 08:49 PM (RU/0c)
But Dad did something different to the wheels. He turned them down on a lathe so they were thin, like a vinyl LP record. It was hilarious, because my ugly ass car beat everyone, a fair number of fathers were John Deere engineers, and had very professional detail and paint jobs.
I think they outlawed messing with the wheels after that in our district or whatever it was called.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 08:49 PM (XFvfj)
Not one inch to these asshole.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)
______________________________
I've been keeping the story from my Black Lab. I have no idea how he would react. Last time I let him in on something similar he started mumbling about cleaners and the compost pile. So, I'm keeping him out of the loop for the time being.
Posted by: Orson at February 18, 2026 08:49 PM (dIske)
Thank you!
{{{{ }}}} to you! She's been getting lots of scritches lately. :-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 18, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)
Where oh where do I donate????
Posted by: four seasons
PayPal link on the top left.
You can donate without having a PP account, but you do have to let PP have your card number. Use the "pay with debit or credit card" button to do that.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 08:50 PM (VHUov)
For solidarity
Posted by: Accomack at February 18, 2026 08:50 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 18, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)
I wonder what it looks like under IR, like with a FLIR camera.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2026 08:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 08:52 PM (LA6Ib)
How did so many dogs get paralyzed hind legs?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 18, 2026 08:53 PM (hZ1gu)
>>I think they outlawed messing with the wheels after that in our district or whatever it was called.
There are so many little things you can do to car in order to give an advantage, the biggest is polishing the axels, adding graphite and the real advantage maker is bending the front axel of one wheel 10 degrees up so that it does not touch the track and you are running on three wheels instead of 4.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2026 08:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Accomack at February 18, 2026 08:26 PM (/Chlc)
I haven't given up anything for Lent, yet...but I did not eat meat today (Ash Weds).
Posted by: Joemarine at February 18, 2026 08:54 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
That’s not fair.
I’m not a dog person. For reasons. Maybe I’ve not met the right dog. And I’m not home enough to own a dog. But. I will stand up and fight for other folks to have their doggos. You can bet on it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 08:54 PM (A5RD0)
Who would spend $8 billion for a team with Seattle's tax structure, communist lay about mayor and Washington's Soviet Politburo. I think the Seahawks might be traveling soon.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 08:55 PM (cxFcK)
Not one inch to these asshole.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)
----
Liberty Ships, give them all a ride back home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 08:56 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 18, 2026 08:57 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM
Yes!
That's a good start. After the butter comes the grated romano cheese. Also carribean jerk seasoning knocks it out of the park when I need to kick it up a notch.
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 18, 2026 08:59 PM (erhDr)
Retired Naval Officer started this local business making sea salt. Locally sourced and processed and when I say locally sourced I'm talking buckets of saltwater from RI Sound.
The regular sea salt is really good but the Butchers Blend on steak is all you need.
https://www.newportseasaltco.com
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:59 PM (viF8m)
Acronym appropriation is a crime punishable by six months confinement in the penguin exhibit at the Detroit Zoo or a fine of $50,000. Govern yourselves accordingly.
Btw, this is my last comment until Easter. I'm giving up commenting at Ace's place for Lent. Should be worth a sack-full of purgatory discount points.
Posted by: Paco at February 18, 2026 09:00 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Braenyard
You sir, are a bad person. I did watch the entire video because at times I am a glutton for punishment. For those who haven't watched, you only see the drummer hitting the snares or a fuzzy longshot. Yoko's performance is on par with an 80 year old cat lady having a 4 minute, long overdue, orgasm.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 09:00 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Elon is working on a non-evil version of PayPal that will be part of an X mega-app including payment processing, instant messaging and other useful stuff.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 18, 2026 09:02 PM (y171U)
Has Sean Hannity lost a tooth or something?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 09:04 PM (HEaqw)
Huh, we're making "diplomatic efforts" in Iran? Word is, they're failing, and there's a 90% chance of a military strike in the coming weeks.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 09:06 PM (HEaqw)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 09:06 PM (cxFcK)
Has this centering scared y'all off?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 09:07 PM (HEaqw)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 09:08 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 18, 2026 09:08 PM (jrgJz)
I’m not a dog person. For reasons. Maybe I’ve not met the right dog. And I’m not home enough to own a dog. But. I will stand up and fight for other folks to have their doggos. You can bet on it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 08:54 PM (A5RD0)
You are also not a danger-haired bint. I've seen your hair, and sensed no danger..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 09:09 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 09:09 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Musik For the (M)asses at February 18, 2026 09:09 PM (oftw2)
====
I thoroughly enjoyed my time as Committee Chair for son's cub pack, with the exception of Pinewood Derby.
One year, during a planning meeting, I proposed that we'd have a car building event, with the boys on one side of the room assemblingb their cars, and the dads on the other, obligated to remain silent.
Raingutter regatta was way more fun - easy, entertaining, and immune from dads being way too intense.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 18, 2026 09:10 PM (8AONa)
Not one inch to these asshole.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)
I love dogs, but the lifestyle really don't leave room for one. We stay light on our feet. If the chance suddenly comes up for a trip, we lock the door and split. Dogs to me are the only animal on the planet that are actually happy to see a human. They see a human and they think play time. When I was in Florence Italy I stepped outside the hotel for a smoke and there was an old dude walking his dog, a smaller dog. The dog sees me and starts pulling the old man. The dog comes up to me with the tail wagging and is trying to put his paws on my knees to ho9ld himself up make himself taller so he can be pet. The older dude is trying to control him and was speaking italian to the dog, but the dog didn't give a shit. Thats when I knew dogs go nuts when they see a human, no matter where you are on the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 09:10 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 18, 2026 09
This should be easy for him since he invented PayPal to start.
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 09:11 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 09:11 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 09:12 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Who ya gonna call? at February 18, 2026 09:13 PM (vd6bO)
I think Rep. Fine will be...fine.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 18, 2026 09:13 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 09:13 PM (snZF9)
Who would spend $8 billion for a team with Seattle's tax structure, communist lay about mayor and Washington's Soviet Politburo. I think the Seahawks might be traveling soon.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 08:55 PM (cxFcK)
Edmonton might be interested, dipping their toes into the US and the NFL. Just make sure they host a Super Bowl between the Raiders and Cowboys.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 09:14 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
You were probably giving off that heavy metal guitarist, biker dude softie aura. Dogs can sense these things.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 09:14 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2026 09:09 PM (+nEug)
There are some analysts that think that the goal is to get the Iranians to muster for defense and go to ready stations for any assault, to map out what they think the most important things the Iranians think are the most important areas to defend, in preparation of bombing them flat
Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2026 09:14 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 18, 2026 09:17 PM (UXLc2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 09:17 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 18, 2026 09:17 PM (UXLc2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 09:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 09:18 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Kindltot
Also speculation that they are watching and listening to the leadership movements to aide in cutting off the head of the snake. Wonder if Polymarket has a line on whether the Ayatollah bunkers up or beats feet to Moscow?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 09:18 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
There was a hot rumor that some Oklahoma billionaires were interested. As hilarious as that would be, Jerry Jones, who I despise as a degenerate blasphemer for making me hate my childhood franchise, would never allow it. Nor in Austin or San Antonio. Jerry draws a lot of water in the NFL.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 09:18 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 09:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 18, 2026 09:19 PM (UXLc2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 09:14 PM (S/Y4j)
I wouldn't put a tiddlywinks team into Edmonton, now. They had a perfectly good CFL team, the Edmonton Eskimos, and the fuckers wimped out and renamed the team to the "Elks", because woke. Fuck them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 09:19 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Musik For the (M)asses
* sighs, in a way that frightens small children and large dogs *
Posted by: Diamanda Galas at February 18, 2026 09:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 09:14 PM (TtTH3)
No clue, but I always seem to get along good with dogs. Even if they're on a mission they stop by me for a quick pet and then they're off.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 09:21 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And they changed it during the Covid shutdown. When the league got busy again I saw Elks. Elks? Who are the Elks?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 09:21 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 18, 2026 09:22 PM (UXLc2)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
You were probably giving off that heavy metal guitarist, biker dude softie aura. Dogs can sense these things.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
* nods *
Animal magnetism, literal version.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 09:22 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 18, 2026 09:22 PM (UXLc2)
That would be cool to try.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 09:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 09:24 PM (3ek7K)
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Columbia College records -- SEALED
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Harvard College records -- SEALED
Selective Service Registration -- SEALED
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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 09:25 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
They know a fellow traveler when they smell one. I trust my two pups intuitions implicitly.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 09:25 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 18, 2026 09:25 PM (0SFYi)
Do you think it is just full of complete communist dialectic?
Or do you think it is just written stupidly? Like moron fodder?
Or both?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: man at February 18, 2026 09:29 PM (cGjQu)
However breaking 5 minutes ago says they found a Cum Stained Dish Cloth near her home and the DNA was reported to match Sponge Bob Square Pants
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at February 18, 2026 09:29 PM (J9q9v)
As I'm finishing up, the dog approaches and just stares at the back door of my car. He didn't look up at me, just kept staring at that door, trying to get it to open through force of will. My job required a fair amount of travel, but I still hated myself as I got in the car and drove off without him...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 09:29 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
He excused himself for "a routine yearly doctor's appointment at a distant office," and said he had posts on autopilot for the day.
But he did so..... in the thread about Canada's MAID program. I hope he's okay.
Posted by: mikeski at February 18, 2026 09:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Imam Mamdani at February 18, 2026 09:29 PM (Mqqv0)
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Columbia College records -- SEALED
Columbia Thesis paper -- SEALED
Harvard College records -- SEALED
Selective Service Registration -- SEALED
Medical records -- SEALED
Illinois State Senate schedule -- SEALED
Law practice client list -- SEALED
Certified Copy of original Birth certificate -- SEALED
Signed Endorsed paper Certification of Live Birth -- SEALED
Baptism record -- SEALED
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
---
Big
Penguin
did
this
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 09:31 PM (LA6Ib)
Or both?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Both. We did see Big Mike's thesis. An eight grader would have been embarrassed to turn that in. But, you know, she's brilliant and everything. I suspect his was the same.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 18, 2026 09:31 PM (cxFcK)
I grew up with dogs. And in my family they were family. And it never really stopped for me. Dogs have just always been part of the plan and I've been blessed with some great ones.
There always exceptions but I've always found that most dogs will give you back more love than you give them and even a dog who doesn't know you can sense someone who loves dogs. My mom did this to me and now I take Elvis to see her at the home. Some of the residents who hardly interact make an effort to come for a pet and a snuggle and tell me about the dog they had, often for the fifth or sixth time.
This isn't political. Americans of all types love their pets as family.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 09:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: mikeski
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I hope the Dr tells him to cut out the stupid
fasting
and to eat red meat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 09:32 PM (LA6Ib)
Posted by: Jackson K. at February 18, 2026 09:34 PM (J9q9v)
I have a question for the people who fast for multiple days: I am assuming you don't have an active job, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 09:35 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 09:35 PM (17+JQ)
Posted by: Jackson K. at February 18, 2026 09:34 PM (J9q9v)
Nah, little lord fauntleroy is definitely a dude- just a gay, communist one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 18, 2026 09:35 PM (zZu0s)
Zip and Jane are exceptional creatures owned by amazing people. I am honored every time they choose to let me interact with them. Seriously. I am flabbergasted they come within 20 feet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 09:37 PM (A5RD0)
We must end Global Warming so Global Warming does not get out of control
Posted by: Jackson K. at February 18, 2026 09:37 PM (nk3/g)
Posted by: Common Tater
I dunno. Our dog liked me and I was kind of a shit (just not to the dog)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 18, 2026 09:38 PM (gKWVE)
We don't know what her first two years were like, but most recent 2 were with the breeder where we got our awesome bernedoodle.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 18, 2026 09:39 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Jackson K. at February 18, 2026 09:34 PM (J9q9v)
Nah, little lord fauntleroy is definitely a dude- just a gay, communist one.
I am not a Homo !!! Just ask Big Mike .......
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at February 18, 2026 09:39 PM (J9q9v)
——
Not multiple days, but one meal a day at (well after) work, sure. What I noticed, or couldn’t help but notice is how much everyone constantly “grazes”, they eat all the time, not just at meal times or breaks or whatever. Plus the ever present soft drinks.
I kept a jar of mixed nuts on hand or something like that if I thought I might need a boost.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 18, 2026 09:40 PM (17+JQ)
You don't mess with the family. That's a law somewhere.
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2026 09:44 PM (j6kTf)
They’ve been around us so long it’s in their DNA to attach themselves to humans.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 18, 2026 09:46 PM (6ydKt)
Critters aren’t lying extortionists. Cats especially choose if they want to interact. Dogs, I think, are more loyal, even to asshole owners.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 09:49 PM (A5RD0)
Only ten more minutes of being dangled over the center of the comment box before the ONT dude comes to cut us down.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 09:50 PM (HEaqw)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 18, 2026
Is she also a doodie? My dog spent his first 9 months in a crate. He was not socialized at all and he is always going to be a little jumpy and quirky. His breed doesn’t help, either. We started slow with bringing him places - after he learned leash stuff. We just built confidence and continue to do that. But for the first month, we just let him settle and let him come to us. He is a thousand times better, but he is never going to let strangers pet him. J was scarier to him than me, so J gave him cheese, played ball with him, fed him his meal every opportunity he had, and that built a bond. It was just time and doing things with him.
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 09:52 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Kindltot
Also speculation that they are watching and listening to the leadership movements to aide in cutting off the head of the snake. Wonder if Polymarket has a line on whether the Ayatollah bunkers up or beats feet to Moscow?
Posted by: Sock Monkey
The place should be crawling with Green Beanies kitting out indigenous forces while keeping them on a short leash for the go.
Meanwhile, Iran as a whole is been run through multiple 'battlestation drills' and the Mullahs know they cannot bury themselves deep enough to avoid getting hit when it goes live.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 09:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - there will be signs at February 18, 2026 09:55 PM (oq2IS)
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2026 09:55 PM (3ek7K)
/rant off
Good evening good people
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 18, 2026 09:56 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Piper at February 18, 2026 09:57 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 09:50 PM
***
You rang?
Posted by: TRex - the ONT dude at February 18, 2026 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Hand to mouth, it's a ritual.
Grazing cuts or bypasses the body's digestive cycle.
The natural cycle is to eat then no ingestion for an extended period of time. Grazing cuts out part of the digestion process.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 09:57 PM (LA6Ib)
We don't know what her first two years were like, but most recent 2 were with the breeder where we got our awesome bernedoodle.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 18, 2026 09:39 PM (8AONa)
Bet your wife feeds her. You do it. Every day. That's how we got our German Shepherd to take to my dad. The two became inseparable in a few weeks...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 09:57 PM (nbLIj)
6 months in doing all the things - feeding, walks, treats, she'll reluctantly come to me, but always has an eye on an escape route.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 18, 2026 09:58 PM (8AONa)
Oh no, the blog is centered. Life is so hard.
I'm having a panic attack.
Posted by: four seasons
===============
It's unnatural!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2026 09:58 PM (HEaqw)
/rant off
Good evening good people
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Why
couldn't Trump just keep those positions for himself or other Secretaries that had already been confirmed?
IOW
Eliminate the slots and delegate down the responsibilities to the GS grades?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 09:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Centerville at February 18, 2026 09:59 PM (vFG9F)
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It's me at least half the time, and 100% of mornings.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 18, 2026 09:59 PM (8AONa)
Sit with her on the floor. Quietly and as long as it takes and as many time. Just sit with her and be quiet and let her come to you.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2026 10:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at February 18, 2026 10:44 PM (h1YDt)
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